All Unsent Messages

I am walking home a different way, and somehow the world keeps happening. I?m learning to miss you with kindness. I won?t rewrite this again.

Thank you for the gentle endings, and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. If this reaches you, know I tried. I mean this kindly.

I looked at my phone instead of you, and I keep looking for you in crowds. I?m choosing to breathe without you. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I keep replaying our last walk, because I?m afraid of what you?ll say back. I?ll put the phone down now. I won?t rewrite this again.

Thank you for the shared playlists, and my chest answers with thunder. Here?s to everything we couldn?t say. I?m keeping the promise this time.

Thank you for the shared playlists, and I pretend the universe is listening. I hope you?re loved where you are. That?s okay.

I hope we meet kinder next time, and I collect myself in small pieces. We were real, even if we ended. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I keep the sweater you forgot, and I promise I am trying to be better. Wherever you are, be gentle with yourself.

I folded the truth to fit me, because I?m afraid of what you?ll say back. I?ll walk forward, softer than before. I mean this kindly.

I still know your laugh by heart, though the calendar insists we moved on. I?ll let the tide take the rest.