time ticks; time stands still

" Did you have to be that honest?"

" You said you would keep trying?"

I rolled my eyes in annoyance." I can never do anything right can I?"

My best friend replied, "I never said that."

" Yet your eyes can be ever so cruel..."

She went silent. "I gave you everything I had. You promised me! You promised me to be strong. You promised me we would be strong together."

" You are STRONG. I want my life back. I want you back in my life."

I sighed in hurtful despair,

"When I said ' whatever helps you sleep at night'. I never meant for you to leave. I can't lose you again. Cant, you see that!"