Fragments we share

You sat by the sea not because you loved it, but because you had nowhere else to go. Today, for the first time, you allowed yourself to make no decisions. You watched the fading horizon and thought about how much a person can carry inside before, one day, they simply stop feeling the weight. The waves crashed against the rocks, carrying away your last remaining hopes. You didn't cry. The tears had run out long ago-somewhere with another person, somewhere in another life