All Unsent Messages

I keep your last message pinned, and I promise I am trying to be better. I?m learning to miss you with kindness. That?s okay.

Thank you for making room for me, and my chest answers with thunder. I?m choosing to breathe without you. I mean this kindly.

I write drafts I never send, even when the room is full of people. Maybe in another life, we make it. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I keep setting a place for you, though the calendar insists we moved on. Maybe in another life, we make it.

I should have stayed curious, and I still don?t know who I am without you. I?ll carry the lesson, not the weight. I?ll keep making tea for one.

I regret the silence between us, and I still don?t know who I am without you. I?ll walk forward, softer than before. You don?t have to answer.

Thank you for loving me clumsily, and I pretend the universe is listening. I will keep the soft parts of us. I?m keeping the promise this time.

I am deleting our map, and I am learning to carry this gently. Wherever you are, be gentle with yourself. I?m learning to be gentle.

I watch the door like it owes me, and it feels like weather inside me. I?m letting this be my goodbye.

I still reach for the phone, and I collect myself in small pieces. I will keep the soft parts of us. I won?t rewrite this again.