Letting Go - A poem about acceptance

I watched you change,

from an option to the choice. 

I watched you be chosen, 

when you hadn't believed. 

I watched you experience 

love in it's purest form,

But now it's time

for me to let go. 

I did all that I needed to do.

I played my role in the story:

tried to make you feel special;

help you when you needed it

and gave you someone to talk to. 

I watched through your 

highs and lows,

but I should let go. 

I gave you space, 

because you were starting to change,

And for you it would be weird

to be friends with someone like me.

You found more people like you,

and we began to drift apart. 

I never really mattered,

I need to let go.

I always saw you as a friend,

a mentor at times as well,

but you never felt the same.

Its okay cause you listened

when I needed it the most

and talked me out of death. 

I should let you go,

but I can't.

You will always be apart of me,

whether you know it or not

because you changed me.

And through you, 

I found a fire, 

found my flame. 

Maybe I would let you go,

but I would never forget you. 

This is one of my favourite poems I've written and it's about acceptance to put it simply. I wrote it about a close friend of mine that I began to lose contact with last year. Thought I should post it because even though I'm a little bit sad about being less close to him, I know that it'll be okay.