People say breakups are always hard

It hurts to lose the person you've invested in

It hurts more knowing that whatever future you had with your person has now become non-existent

But what people don't say is, it's not the breakup that hurts the most, it's the aftermath

You want to go back to the person you were before the relationship

You want to go back to the headspace where you never thought or wondered about your person

You want to go about your life as if the relationship never happened because just thinking about it hurts

You just want to go back because everything made sense back then

But the sad thing is, you can't go back

You can't be the person you were because it means that you don't want to accept the present

You can't act like the relationship never happened because it means you have to convince that the relationship meant nothing to you when it meant more than you can imagine

You can't act like you no longer have feelings for your person because it means denying ever feeling the deep, intense and passionate love you had for them

So instead, you're forced to move forward

Move forward with the feelings and memories

Move forward with the pain and loss

Move forward while accepting that you're a different person

And you have to deal with all of these thoughts, feelings and changes whether you like it or not