I realized today that we're not friends anymore....

I realized today that we're not friends anymore. We're just two people who used to be friends. And that's okay. We grew apart. You found new friends. New interests. A new life that doesn't include me. And I'm genuinely happy for you. But I also need to be honest. It hurts to be replaced. To go from being your person to being someone you occasionally like on Instagram. I'm not writing this to make you feel guilty. I'm writing this to give myself permission to let go. To stop waiting for you to text first. To stop pretending nothing has changed. Our friendship was real. The memories are real. But the friendship we have now is just a ghost of what we used to have. And I deserve friendships that are alive.