it's funny how things changed;
how we went from best friends
to strangers,
how we went from promising
we'd always be there for each other
to apologizing for the inevitable goodbye.

and i think now,
that "sorry" i blurted
was never enough,
for a last text

your pushing your last gift into my hands
and me avoiding your eyes,
whispering "thanks"
was never enough
for a last encounter

and i wish with all my heart it didn't have to be like this.
i wish i could look at you when i pass you
at the bus stop, in the corridors,
and smile, even if i didn't have anything to say;
i wish i could murmur a greeting to you
instead of saying hello to your girlfriend,
looking through you as though there was
nothing beside her but air

but i know there is no going back.
we made our choices,
(or did they make
us?)
and we'll stay strangers
until we leave this place.