All Unsent Messages

I smell your cologne in the library and I promise I am trying to be better. I ll remember you on quiet Sundays.

I am believing the ending this time though the calendar insists we moved on. I ll carry the lesson not the weight. I mean this kindly.

I keep the chipped mug you loved and I wish I had the courage to press send. I ll walk forward softer than before.

Thank you for seeing me clearly and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. I hope you re loved where you are. I mean this kindly.

I hope love finds you gently and it feels like weather inside me. We were real even if we ended.

I am returning the keys to my heart and I promise I am trying to be better. I hope you keep the light you found.

I turned away when you needed me and I keep looking for you in crowds. I ll keep the window cracked for luck. You don t have to answer.

Thank you for the quiet courage and I wonder if you kept anything of us. Here s to everything we couldn t say.

Thank you for the soft reminders and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. I ll put the phone down now.

I take the long way past your street though the calendar insists we moved on. If you ever need me I ll understand if you don t call. I m learning to be gentle.