Let it go

"Ever had that moment with yourself when you know you need to let go of someone/something for the better of your life and you.. but you just can't. Not now. Not knowing when. If ever. If you even can. It's like, you know it has to change. You want to change and move on. But it's just not as simple as hitting delete and wiping out or reseting a moment or memory forever. Maybe the very reason why it's so hard to let go.. is because at that point in time, that person meant so much to you/that moment impacted you the most. But that moment is now gone. The feeling is different. Things have changed. People have changed. We ourselves have changed. Yet still, we're not ready to let go and move on. Hoping, hopelessly hoping. Lingering in that memory. Perhaps in the same way how "some things are/were meant to happen", there are some things and people in our lives, be it good or bad, that are not meant to be forgotten.. perhaps, the very reason why they even happened, was to teach us certain lessons or to understand certain meanings that we only start to realize now, or appreciate in retrospect. But the sad truth is, what's gone is gone and all we can do is reminisce on moments shared and feelings felt. Because what we still feel may not be what the other feels or even remember; and we can't possibly expect the other to feel the same or ever want to go back to that moment. They've moved on. We need to move on too. So here's goodbye to yesterdays and the ones I once knew.. thank you; I won't forget you."

Matthew Zachary Liu