“I said Goodbye “

He said

I said “goodbye” back.

Never before, how can
“Goodbye” sound so different than 
“Bye”?

Partly because they’re two distinct words.

Partly because it wasn’t immediately preceded by the usual 

love you
love you too.

Mostly because something is behind us. The magic

Oh my god that magic 

a candle that could light up the world

made me close my eyes and let myself fall back because 
I knew you were there to catch me. 

How do I surrender now?

How do you turn around and coax trust to not wander further into the the unknown but

Instead

Come back home to our dream?

This is not a rhetorical question.