someone like you

I feel like its gone. Everything we used to be, everything we are now. The connection broken. The strings pulling on my heart, now suddenly strained and wearing thin. I can't explain it, couldn't describe it if you asked, I can just feel it. There is something missing. Something I thought was always there, but really never was. I used to see your halo and now the light has burnt out, flickering on every once in a while when I change the light bulb. I don't know what happened. Something changed. It wasn't you, it wasn't me, it was someone else, a different me. With each new phase of life, I become a new girl, better than the last. And she sees it, us, in a different light. Your once meaningful and adoring words, have now become just words. Words likely muttered to some other girl, some other time. Sweet nothings. It all seems very rehearsed. You don't feel real. The once invisible marionette strings on your limp limbs and mouth, now bold and visible. Your secret discovered. And I can't believe I couldn't see it before.