I watched him walk away from me silently.

Some people don't say goodbye. Some people don't even say "goodbye" before leaving. They slowly move away, and we just stand there silently watching. A lot of things accumulate inside, but nothing comes out of their mouths. There are moments in a person's life that cannot be explained to anyone. They can only be felt. Today I am writing about such a feeling—where there was love, there was affection, but in the end, only silent distance remained.

There was a time when even his small words would make my day better. I would wait to see a message from him. I would remember his words even in the midst of busy days. But people change, times change, and the colour of relationships also changes with it. At first, I didn't understand the matter. I thought maybe he was busy. Maybe the pressure of life had made him a little quiet. But later I realised that some distance is intentionally created.

The most painful thing was that I didn't stop him when he was walking away. Because I knew that you can't force someone to stay close. If love is true, then a person remains by himself. And if he wants to leave, then even if you try a thousand times, you cannot catch him.

In the midst of this feeling, one day, some lines suddenly came to mind—

You went away very slowly,
I just watched silently.
I wanted to shout, “Stay,”
But I lost the language of my lips.

I have recognised your changing eyes
little by little every day.
I no longer search for you like before,
Still, I wait.

In the silence of the night, your memory
still stands at the window.
I am still the same old person,
Only you are no longer the same as before.

Love may still be there,
But there is no warmth in it anymore.
I lost you silently,
And you could not even understand how deep that pain was.

Some relationships in a person’s life do not end with a fight. There is no big reason either. It’s just that at some point, the words decrease, the feelings decrease, and one day I realise that the person is no longer in the same place as before. This kind of loss hurts the most. Because there is no anger, no complaints—there is only emptiness.

These days, I don't try to hold on to anyone. Because I've learned that a person who truly gives space to themselves in their heart never leaves on purpose. And even if you hold on to someone who wants to leave, they will disappear one day or another.

Yet one thing is true—even when some people are gone, their memories remain somewhere. Suddenly, when you hear a song, see the light of an afternoon, or wake up alone at night, you remember them. Then it seems that the person may not be in my life anymore, but a part of my feelings remains to this day.

I silently watched him walk away from me.

And that silent watching is perhaps the greatest pain of my life.

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