All Unsent Messages

I?m sorry I kept score, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. This is for the version of us that almost was.

I hope you laugh from the belly, and I practice the right words in the mirror. I?ll remember you on quiet Sundays. This is enough.

I learned your needs too late, and it feels like weather inside me. I forgive you. I forgive me. You don?t have to answer.

I watch the door like it owes me, and I am learning to carry this gently. I?m letting this be my goodbye. This is enough.

I hum your tune in empty rooms, and I still don?t know who I am without you. I hope you keep the light you found.

I hope we meet kinder next time, though the calendar insists we moved on. I?ll carry the lesson, not the weight. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I should have picked you first, and it feels like weather inside me. I hope you keep the light you found.

Thank you for the warm tea talks, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. I hope you?re loved where you are.

I write drafts I never send, though the calendar insists we moved on. We were real, even if we ended. I?m learning to be gentle.

I keep our inside jokes alive, and I practice the right words in the mirror. I?m choosing to breathe without you.