All Unsent Messages

I should have stayed curious, and somehow the world keeps happening. I forgive you. I forgive me. I?m keeping the promise this time.

I hope you laugh from the belly, and I keep asking the moon for advice. If you ever need me, I?ll understand if you don?t call.

I see your initials in streetlights, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. I?m letting this be my goodbye.

Thank you for showing me how to stay, and it feels like weather inside me. I hope you?re loved where you are. This is enough.

I still know your laugh by heart, and I leave the porch light on anyway. I hope you?re loved where you are. I won?t rewrite this again.

I am sorry for the sharp words, because I?m afraid of what you?ll say back. I?m letting this be my goodbye.

I confused comfort with love, though the calendar insists we moved on. I hope you keep the light you found. I?m keeping the promise this time.

I am returning the keys to my heart, even when the room is full of people. This is for the version of us that almost was. I won?t rewrite this again.

I write drafts I never send, though the calendar insists we moved on. I?m choosing to breathe without you.

I am walking home a different way, and I wish I had the courage to press send. I will keep the soft parts of us. This is enough.