Why did you have to change?

You were changing so quickly, and there wasn’t anything I could do. I wanted so badly for you to remain the same sweet, kind, nonjudgmental person I first met and adored completely. But of course that was stupid of me. We were still children when we met. We didn’t see the world for what it was. I watched for ages as you started to become shallow, superficial and sanctimonious. For so long, I tried to hold onto the person you once were, but pretty soon you were treating me like I didn’t matter either. I can’t do it anymore. I can’t keep trying to see you as the person I once loved so much, the person who I wanted to be friends with forever if this is who you are now. I’m letting you go.