All Unsent Messages

I watch the door like it owes me, and I keep looking for you in crowds. I?ll walk forward, softer than before. I?m keeping the promise this time.

I smell your cologne in the library, and somehow the world keeps happening. I?ll let the tide take the rest. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I visit the same bench at dusk, even when the room is full of people. We were real, even if we ended. I?ll keep making tea for one.

Thank you for making room for me, and somehow the world keeps happening. I?ll remember you on quiet Sundays. This is enough.

I hid the parts you asked for, and my chest answers with thunder. I?ll keep the window cracked for luck.

I hope your plants keep thriving, and I still don?t know who I am without you. Wherever you are, be gentle with yourself.

Thank you for showing me how to stay, and I wish I had the courage to press send. I?m letting this be my goodbye.

I keep the sweater you forgot, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. I forgive you. I forgive me. This is enough.

I hope you write new songs, and I collect myself in small pieces. I?m letting this be my goodbye. I won?t rewrite this again.

I can map the city by our memories, though the calendar insists we moved on. I?ll put the phone down now.