{"id":945,"date":"2026-05-22T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=945"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:46:23","slug":"were-strangers-now-notes-on-lost-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Strangers Now: notes on lost love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lost love is something almost all of us can relate to. An ex, an old friend, someone who once felt like home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We used to laugh for hours at our favourite coffee shop, linger on late night calls, share the kind of raw truths that only surface in the dark\u2026 but we\u2019re strangers now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a bittersweet ache that gnaws at us both in silence and noise, in the questions we never got to ask: <em>Did they pass that test? How\u2019s the new job? Are their family okay?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It hurts in a way that feels deeply personal yet strangely shared. It\u2019s woven into the very fabric of human existence; love and loss bleeding into each other like watercolours on a page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s fleeting, imperfect, and deeply meaningful all at once.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What follows are small fragments of that experience, anonymous notes from people who have felt it too.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things left unsaid, things people wished their person knew.\u00a0We hope, in reading them, you feel less alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look after yourself, Pomegranate x\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pomegranatemag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/05\/You-may-think-I-hate-you-but-there-is-no-hate.-Only-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; 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