All Unsent Messages

I smell your cologne in the library, even when the room is full of people. If this reaches you, know I tried. I won?t rewrite this again.

I light a candle for you on Tuesdays, and somehow the world keeps happening. I?m choosing to breathe without you.

I count the steps to your door, and I practice the right words in the mirror. If you ever need me, I?ll understand if you don?t call. I?m learning to be gentle.

I am returning the keys to my heart, and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. I?ll put the phone down now. You don?t have to answer.

I hope we meet kinder next time, and I wish I had the courage to press send. We were real, even if we ended.

I wear your silence like a coat, and I wish I had the courage to press send. I forgive you. I forgive me. You don?t have to answer.

I?m sorry I turned love into a riddle, and I keep asking the moon for advice. I?ll carry the lesson, not the weight. I?m learning to be gentle.

I learned your needs too late, and I keep asking the moon for advice. I?ll keep the window cracked for luck. This is enough.

I am returning the keys to my heart, and it feels like weather inside me. I will keep the soft parts of us. That?s okay.

I should have told you on that bridge, and it startles me that you won?t answer. If you ever need me, I?ll understand if you don?t call.