Is it over?

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For those who hardly know they are there yet…

It is over. Boy said goodbye. Girl cried. Or let’s make it the other way around. Girl said goodbye. Boy cried. They both cried. Is it over?

When is it really over? Is it when you stop crying? Is it when you stop thinking of him or her? Is it when you start taking his or her calls and start talking? Is it when you go to a familiar place and not feel any tug at your heart?

Is it over? Are you really over him or her when you can laugh and smile along with friends at a party without wondering where he or she is at that time? Is it over, when you can last a day without one single thought of him?

Is it over? When you look forward to sunset instead of sunrise? Is it over when you cry in your sleep and wake up with dreams of him or her? Is it over when you treat yourself to luscious ice cream in cone without thinking of him or her being there to share it with?

Is it over? When you begin to build your dreams not around him or her? Is it over when you feel that life is better off without him or her? It is over when love is lovelier with someone else than with him or her? Is it over when you begin to call him or her FRIEND?