All Unsent Messages

I left too many words unsaid, and my chest answers with thunder. I hope you keep the light you found. That?s okay.

I am washing your scent from the room, though the calendar insists we moved on. I?m choosing to breathe without you.

Thank you for the warm tea talks, and it startles me that you won?t answer. This is for the version of us that almost was. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I am walking home a different way, and somehow the world keeps happening. I will keep the soft parts of us. I?m keeping the promise this time.

I am packing the almosts away, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. Here?s to everything we couldn?t say.

I keep our inside jokes alive, and it feels like weather inside me. We were real, even if we ended.

I hope your heart takes up space, and I am learning to carry this gently. I?m letting this be my goodbye. I?m learning to be gentle.

I am sorry for the sharp words, and somehow the world keeps happening. This is for the version of us that almost was. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I am unlearning your name, and I keep looking for you in crowds. I?ll put the phone down now. That?s okay.

I ran when I should have listened, and I leave the porch light on anyway. We were real, even if we ended. I?m keeping the promise this time.