I still love you. But I choose to leave

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This post was last edited by Thank goodness you're here on 2015-6-30 21:02. The poems and essays I wrote for you were stored away in a secret corner by me. Moods still rise and fall with you, but now calmness has taken the upper hand. Even though I really hope that you and I will be the protagonists in this story, there are things in life that, once missed, are lost forever. No matter how good I am or how much I love you, you won’t stay out of pity for me. 　　There is a kind of leaving that is done to protect love. Of course, such a departure is reluctant, but it is also an inevitable choice. If that’s the case, I can at least still have beautiful memories. But if one ignores everyone else and forces their way forward, they will end up losing everything. It turns out that not all things that are beautiful and touching need to be possessed. Watching from afar, paying silent attention – in that way, that love remains freer and can last forever! The closer one gets, the more pressure is exerted; the faster love escapes, going further away. Love moderately, act appropriately, and perhaps love will endure! 　　As long as you have ever loved wildly, as long as you have ever felt immense happiness, as long as there is someone in this world whom you think of no matter where you go, that is enough. It’s truly fortunate to be able to regain such a state of mind. 　　I’ll slowly move away from you like this. Perhaps, on those moments when I miss you, every memory of being with you will once again fill my mind, but I think such memories won’t be as compelling or as sorrowful anymore. 　　But I don’t want to forget you, because I already knew it was futile. Sometimes, having another person in your heart makes you strive to become a better version of yourself; it keeps you away from degeneration and despair. You silently encourage yourself to work hard throughout your life, so that you may be worthy of that pure love in your heart. Although that person is not by your side, they remain with you in your heart; you will demand of yourself to be as pure as that love. That love, that person, has become a light that illuminates your life. 　　We part because of love; parting is for the eternal existence of that love. There is no need to stay together forever, because you are in my heart, and I don’t rely on you that much. I will make myself stronger, and a love that is strong enough doesn’t care about being together or not, because such love transcends everything.