Love for Farwa
- from Rayyan
"1st August…
I don’t know if you remember this date or not, but for me, some dates are more than just dates. They carry memories, feelings, and pieces of people we once loved so deeply. And 1st August is one of those dates for me.
A lot happened between us. Somehow, life, circumstances, and things we couldn’t control brought us to a place where we had to separate. Honestly, I never imagined that someone who once felt so close to my heart would one day become someone I had to live without.
I’m not writing this to pressure you, or to ask you to come back. There are just some things that stayed inside my heart, and maybe I never found the right words to say them.
You became a part of my life that I can’t simply call “the past” and forget. The time we spent together, your voice, your laugh, the little things you used to do, the way you got annoyed with me, the way we used to talk for hours… somehow, all of it still lives somewhere inside me.
Sometimes I wonder what our 1st August would have looked like if those reasons had never come between us. Maybe I would still be talking to you, making you smile, annoying you for no reason, and telling you how much you mean to me.
But life chose a different path for us.
I don’t know what you think about me now. Maybe you’ve moved on. Maybe you don’t miss me anymore. Maybe I’m just a memory you rarely think about. And if that’s true, I respect it.
But there is one thing I will never lie about:
I genuinely loved you.
Not because everything between us was perfect. It wasn’t. We made mistakes. We misunderstood each other. We hurt each other. But despite everything, what I felt for you was real.
And if someday you ever wonder whether there was someone who genuinely cared about you, someone who wanted to see you happy, someone who would remember the smallest things about you…
Please remember that person was me.
I wish I could go back and change some things. I wish I had understood you better in certain moments. I wish I had said some things differently and stayed quiet when I should have. And if I ever made you feel unwanted, unimportant, or hurt, I am truly sorry.
I don’t know if we were meant to stay together forever. Maybe we were meant to meet, love each other, learn from each other, and then become a beautiful memory in each other’s lives.
But I know this:
You were never just another person to me.
You were someone I loved. Someone I cared about. Someone whose happiness genuinely mattered to me.
And even after everything, there is still a small part of me that wishes things could have been different.
I don’t expect anything from you after reading this. You don’t have to reply. You don’t have to say anything.
I just wanted you to know that somewhere in this world, there is still someone who remembers the good days, smiles at the memories, and quietly hopes that life treats you gently.
If you ever miss me, I hope you don’t only remember how we ended.
Remember how we started.
Remember how we laughed.
Remember the little moments.
Remember how happy we once made each other.
Because no matter where life takes us from here, I will always be grateful that, for a while, our paths crossed.
And maybe that’s what hurts the most…
We were once each other’s everything, and now I have to pretend that you were just someone I knew.
So, on 1st August, I just want to say:
I miss you.
I miss us.
I miss the person I was when I had you.
And a part of my heart will always wonder what “us” could have been.
Take care of yourself.
And if you ever think of me, I hope you remember me with a smile, not with sadness.
You will always have a special place in my heart. ❤️"