Acceptance
It's funny how life can change? How you can accept defeat albeit your heart screams you not to.
It's funny how time passes and your heart remains in the same place.
It's funny how time passes and your wounds don't really heal.
It's funny how love can keep growing even though it's not corresponded.
And it's funny how life can take a sharp turn and land you somewhere were you thought you would never be.
The seasons changed and life for Darien and Glory was idyllic. The college years had passed and as they entered a new stage in their lives they began to plan a wedding. Serena had been there from the beginning of the courtship and had known that this was how it would end. Marriage and kids, that's what Darien had always desired, a family of his own. Soon all his dreams would come true and once again Serena would be cast out in a sea of loneliness.
However, this time she would walk away. It had been to many agonizing years of wishing and longing for something that would never be. She had made up her mind that after she fulfilled her last act as best friend of the groom she would leave. She would stand at his wedding like he asked, she would smile and laugh on cue, and she would wish them happiness as the last shreds of hear heart fell apart.
While, she would never rail against his happiness, seeing him start this new phase in his life would be too much for her battered mind. As a result, her bags were packed and her new destiny awaited her.
Maybe far from him she could reconstruct her life.
Maybe distance would set her free from this love that consumed her.
And maybe just maybe leaving would give her strength to love someone else.
She planed her trip in secret and refused to divulge her plans. She didn't want a shadow befalling the wedding. Although, he didn't love her the way she wanted him to, she had always been his best friend and her absence would cause him pain. Nevertheless, in time he would forget her. He would wrap himself in his new family and soon she would become nothing but a distance memory.
On the other hand, she feared that the story wouldn't be the same in her case. A part of her would always resent the absence of his presence. Her heart would always wish desperately for a different ending and her mind would torture her with what could never be.
She shooed the negative thoughts from her mind, for she had to believe that in starting over she would get to someplace different. It's true that it would be difficult if not impossible to let go of this love but for the sake of her sanity she had to try. She had always known that the only solution was to put miles between them, but her obstinacy had kept her by his side, resulting in more heartbreak than joy.
So now the time to move on had finally arrived and for a moment she felt relived that it was finally ending. At this point, for the first time in what has been a long journey, Serena finally begins to feel joy and freedom. Her decision made, she begins to look forward to the future. Three more days to the wedding and to a new direction in her life full of endless possibilities.
As she opens the door to her apartment she is confronted with a sight she never believed she would see. Before her eyes a different Darien stands. His eyes are hollow and desolate and his shoulders are slumped with defeat. The words that echoed out of his mouth succeed in shattering her world once again.
"The wedding is off."
Disclaimer: I own nothing!! Please review constructive criticism is appreciated!!
It's funny how life can change? How you can accept defeat albeit your heart screams you not to.
It's funny how time passes and your heart remains in the same place.
It's funny how time passes and your wounds don't really heal.
It's funny how love can keep growing even though it's not corresponded.
And it's funny how life can take a sharp turn and land you somewhere were you thought you would never be.
The seasons changed and life for Darien and Glory was idyllic. The college years had passed and as they entered a new stage in their lives they began to plan a wedding. Serena had been there from the beginning of the courtship and had known that this was how it would end. Marriage and kids, that's what Darien had always desired, a family of his own. Soon all his dreams would come true and once again Serena would be cast out in a sea of loneliness.
However, this time she would walk away. It had been to many agonizing years of wishing and longing for something that would never be. She had made up her mind that after she fulfilled her last act as best friend of the groom she would leave. She would stand at his wedding like he asked, she would smile and laugh on cue, and she would wish them happiness as the last shreds of hear heart fell apart.
While, she would never rail against his happiness, seeing him start this new phase in his life would be too much for her battered mind. As a result, her bags were packed and her new destiny awaited her.
Maybe far from him she could reconstruct her life.
Maybe distance would set her free from this love that consumed her.
And maybe just maybe leaving would give her strength to love someone else.
She planed her trip in secret and refused to divulge her plans. She didn't want a shadow befalling the wedding. Although, he didn't love her the way she wanted him to, she had always been his best friend and her absence would cause him pain. Nevertheless, in time he would forget her. He would wrap himself in his new family and soon she would become nothing but a distance memory.
On the other hand, she feared that the story wouldn't be the same in her case. A part of her would always resent the absence of his presence. Her heart would always wish desperately for a different ending and her mind would torture her with what could never be.
She shooed the negative thoughts from her mind, for she had to believe that in starting over she would get to someplace different. It's true that it would be difficult if not impossible to let go of this love but for the sake of her sanity she had to try. She had always known that the only solution was to put miles between them, but her obstinacy had kept her by his side, resulting in more heartbreak than joy.
So now the time to move on had finally arrived and for a moment she felt relived that it was finally ending. At this point, for the first time in what has been a long journey, Serena finally begins to feel joy and freedom. Her decision made, she begins to look forward to the future. Three more days to the wedding and to a new direction in her life full of endless possibilities.
As she opens the door to her apartment she is confronted with a sight she never believed she would see. Before her eyes a different Darien stands. His eyes are hollow and desolate and his shoulders are slumped with defeat. The words that echoed out of his mouth succeed in shattering her world once again.
"The wedding is off."
Disclaimer: I own nothing!! Please review constructive criticism is appreciated!!
