Congratulations 
It's your graduation! 
You've made it to the big day,
4 years and now you've made it past these gates! 
Congratulations I'm so happy for you.

You've a girlfriend now,
Girlfriend no 32? She makes you 
Genuinely happy, seeing you smile 
After so long so it's all good. 
You're once more obsessed, I just hope 
It's a happily ever after 
I hope you don't burn, 
I hope you don't end up heartbroken again;
I wish you well even if our friendship 
Is now null and void, 
Fading beyond recognition, 
Names in shadows, no longer remain, 
Won't remember names, I 
Hope you'd remember me
Yet that's too much to ask for, 
You don't respond, 
Don't call, no texts, no closeness, 
Was afraid this day would come & it has
It has come. 
You've found your new world,
Found your tribe, 
Found your Love,
You're finding your footing 
One step forward? 
How do I know, I'm not there, 
Merely speculating on what you 
Display in public. 

A decade of friendship, that's all? 
That's it. For you. 
You're done being My friend, 
Intertwined lives are over.
People outgrow each other and that's okay. 
You outgrew me & all I can do
Is let you go, 
Close this chapter and move forward. 
Shut one door forever, never to
Open again; 
Gone with the wind never to return again 
And that's okay.
I was happy to know you,
I cherish the kinship. Cherish you.
And so I wish you well, 
Prosperity & strength in your journey ahead; 
Once more I say congratulations. 

Goodluck for the life ahead. 

-©️Ridhima Joshi