Marred Happiness

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A major change to something you've never experienced.
The first romantic relationship.
Getting caught up in that high school puppy love.
Your mind can only focus on them.
It's intoxicating, that feeling of happiness.

All your friends notice, how could they not?
You're happier in a different way than you've ever been.
Your happiness influences how they feel.
They're happy for you because they love you.
They want you to be happy.
And all is well.

But if you're not careful it can become something it's not.
Something all consuming and annoying.
Friends fade away and this new person in your life takes over.
All your loved ones feel forgotten.
As if you are completely oblivious to them.
They still want to be there for you.
Yet feel no support in return because your focus is elsewhere.

And you have no idea.
They do not want to ruin your happiness.
Your illusion of what's really going on.
So they keep silent.

I felt forgotten, abandoned, and unloved.
As if our friendship no longer meant anything to you.
You left me all alone and didn't even know.
Blinded by an attachment to another.
You leave your other friends in the dust.
They all feel it.
They all know.
But you can never understand.
You don't want to see.

Many bonds have been marred for the sake of another.
Every time it happens another connection is lost.
They may be reformed in the end but it will never be the same.
I miss the you I once knew but know this change is for the best.