We sat down

on my faded white carpet
in my bitter cold room
the air conditioning 
blasting through the vent

Opening our bags
of Haribo gummy bears
eating them until
our stomachs were
nautious

We would
talk and talk
for endless hours
until our throats
were dry
and our voices
became dull

We laughed
forever until our
stomachs were aching
and our breathing turned into
a grasp for air that kept
escaping our tired lungs

Then one day
we became strangers

You have changed now

you no longer want to be my friend
you have other friends now

You had told me
that you wanted to be
“disconnected from reality”
I had just said okay

That same day you told me
you didn’t want a
“pity party”
since you were
hurting
I had told you
I wasn’t going to
“pity you”
but you had said
that’s what sympathy is

We are distant now
strangers
to each other