before the end by nwaọ

I’ve been thinking about endings lately—the feeling of grief, disappointment, relief, the fear of the unknown. What does it mean to let go of a person, situation, belief… or even someone’s idea of who you are or who you’re meant to be. Just before the end, just before leaving what is familiar to us, we tremble and we cry or maybe we smile and we hope. Endings aren’t easy but they are necessary.