The world is spinning too fast,
These circles don't have an edge to stop at.
We keep spinning—
Yet these loops are never the same.
The one you believed was forever
Has now become a stranger when you pass their nostalgic face.
Their number is now at the bottom of your contacts,
Yet it's still the most filled.
Those midnight texts—
ranting, gossiping, laughing—
Have now become your unwanted thoughts.
Their new friends wear the clothes
You two would have struggled to hold your laughs for—
Yet now they wear the same,
But you could never think of laughing at them.
Now to cope you lie in bed,
Eyes glistening with the reflection of your phone.
Time is still fleeing from the day,
Yet everything is at a halt.
They were your life—
but you don't remember when life was much more,
You don't remember those plastic phones
you once pressed against your ears,
Now you have a real one that still correlates to your happiness—
But is also your greatest addiction.
The metal that hangs limply around your neck
No longer holds the life that those BFF necklaces one did—
The friendship bracelets that once were too big
have now become a struggle to get your hand through.
The night you realize all of this is the night
You'll finally turn away from the past and take a look
In the future.
The road un-pathed,
But once you begin the hike you'll find that
Everything is once in a life.
Mar 21
Mar 21, 2026 at 9:44 AM UTC
The world is spinning too fast,
These circles don't have an edge to stop at.
We keep spinning—
Yet these loops are never the same.
The one you believed was forever
Has now become a stranger when you pass their nostalgic face.
Their number is now at the bottom of your contacts,
Yet it's still the most filled.
Those midnight texts—
ranting, gossiping, laughing—
Have now become your unwanted thoughts.
Their new friends wear the clothes
You two would have struggled to hold your laughs for—
Yet now they wear the same,
But you could never think of laughing at them.
Now to cope you lie in bed,
Eyes glistening with the reflection of your phone.
Time is still fleeing from the day,
Yet everything is at a halt.
They were your life—
but you don't remember when life was much more,
You don't remember those plastic phones
you once pressed against your ears,
Now you have a real one that still correlates to your happiness—
But is also your greatest addiction.
The metal that hangs limply around your neck
No longer holds the life that those BFF necklaces one did—
The friendship bracelets that once were too big
have now become a struggle to get your hand through.
The night you realize all of this is the night
You'll finally turn away from the past and take a look
In the future.
The road un-pathed,
But once you begin the hike you'll find that
Everything is once in a life.
