She already thought of herself as yours.

She used to replay those cute moments in her head again and again because they gave her hope.

But now, she replays those moments for a different reason.

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To reanalyze your moves.

To see what she might have missed.

Because if youre gone, you must not have done those things exactly the way she remembers them.

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She must have misunderstood what you were trying to tell her.

Maybe you only texted her so early because you woke up lonely and bored.

Maybe you only hugged her for so long becauseshedidnt let go.

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Or maybe all of the flirting between you two was only in her imagination.

Maybe she made everything up because she so badly wanted to believe that you felt the same way.

Deep down, she knows thats not true.

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She knows she didnt read your signals wrong.

She has a strong sense that you felt the same way that she felt.

But if youre gone, theremustbe something shes missing, right?

When you say goodbye to a girl you almost dated, you confuse her.

You make her wonder if you liked her in the beginning and then lost interest.

You make her wonder if she was too talkative or too quiet or too tall or too short.

You used to be the person who raised her confidence, who made her feel beautiful.

But now, youre the person who makes her feel ugly.

She must have done something wrong.

She just doesnt understand why you walked away from her.

You didnt seem like the bang out to use her and lead her on.

She thought you were the real deal, someone serious about her.

As soon as you made her believe that you liked her, too.

As soon as she pictured a future alongside you.

But now, youre gone.

Now, shes alone.

And she still cant seem to wrap her mind around how that happened.

Holly Riordan is the author ofSevere(d), A Creepy Poetry Collection.Order your copyhere.