Your partner's eyes were like razor blades. You had to look away at the sharp sting of rejection and regret that stabbed you directly in the heart. The pain of being alone in a relationship was only magnified by the cold indifference. Like an unseen shadow you were there, yet not present. A hollow soul without warmth or comfort.

He sits opposite you, frowning and adjusting his glasses from time to time - too focused on work, but ignoring your presence. Despite how close he is, you don't feel him there. It’s as if there are miles of misunderstanding and emptiness between you.

Like being the last person on a ship about to capsize in the middle of the ocean, yet still hanging onto the hope of being a lifeboat, not ready to let go, even as the water swallows them whole.