All Unsent Messages

I looked at my phone instead of you, and it startles me that you won?t answer. We were real, even if we ended.

I read our old messages out loud, and it feels like weather inside me. Maybe in another life, we make it. I?ll keep making tea for one.

Thank you for showing me how to stay, and I practice the right words in the mirror. I hope you?re loved where you are.

I still reach for the phone, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. I?ll walk forward, softer than before.

I?m choosing peace over almost, and it startles me that you won?t answer. I?ll put the phone down now. I won?t rewrite this again.

I hope your heart takes up space, and I collect myself in small pieces. I?ll remember you on quiet Sundays.

I am sorry for the sharp words, and somehow the world keeps happening. This is for the version of us that almost was.

I left too many words unsaid, and I practice the right words in the mirror. Maybe in another life, we make it.

I threw jokes at your pain, and I tuck the ache into my sleeve. I?m choosing to breathe without you.

I wait for your green dot, and somehow the world keeps happening. If this reaches you, know I tried. That?s okay.