Just the Same – A Letter to Old Friends [OC]

Dear Old Friends,

It’s strange how everything has changed,

and yet, in some ways, it hasn’t.

Sometimes, I feel distant —

not just in miles, but in moments.

The things we once held close,

the secrets we swore were only ours,

now feel like they belong to more than just us.

New people have come into our lives,

and taken places we once protected.

And though it aches a little,

I understand.

This is how life moves —

always forward, always changing.

But what we had?

It was beautiful.

And it still is,

in memory,

in quiet smiles,

in sudden flashes of nostalgia.

There are days I wish we could go back —

make more memories like we used to.

Even though things are different now,

in some strange, comforting way,

we’re still the same.

Maybe we don’t talk every day.

Maybe not even often.

But I know you’re there —

somewhere at the edge of my thoughts.

And I hope you know I’m there in yours too.

We share moments now and then,

and when we do,

it feels like nothing ever changed.

People will come and go

through the chapters of our lives,

but some names,

some hearts —

they stay.

You stayed.

So this is a promise,

folded between these words —

I will never forget what we had.

No matter where life leads,

no matter how far we drift,

I’ll always carry you with me.

Forever a friend,

Just the same.

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