All Unsent Messages

I learn your absence like a map, and I keep asking the moon for advice. I?ll keep the window cracked for luck. You don?t have to answer.

I left too many words unsaid, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. This is for the version of us that almost was. I won?t rewrite this again.

I am unlearning your name, though the calendar insists we moved on. Maybe in another life, we make it. That?s okay.

I hope you forgive yourself too, even when the room is full of people. We were real, even if we ended.

I hope the storms keep missing you, and I still don?t know who I am without you. I?ll walk forward, softer than before.

I?m choosing peace over almost, and I am learning to carry this gently. I?ll walk forward, softer than before. I mean this kindly.

I keep replaying our last walk, and I am learning to carry this gently. We were real, even if we ended. You don?t have to answer.

I wait for your green dot, and I wish I had the courage to press send. We were real, even if we ended.

I should have picked you first, and it startles me that you won?t answer. I?m choosing to breathe without you.

I am stepping out of our echo, and I keep looking for you in crowds. I?m letting this be my goodbye. You don?t have to answer.