All Unsent Messages

I looked at my phone instead of you and I wish I had the courage to press send. I m letting this be my goodbye.

I watch the door like it owes me and I promise I am trying to be better. I ll keep the window cracked for luck.

I light a candle for you on Tuesdays and it startles me that you won t answer. Maybe in another life we make it. You don t have to answer.

I wait for your green dot and somehow the world keeps happening. I m choosing to breathe without you. I won t rewrite this again.

I hope you travel where you dreamed because I m afraid of what you ll say back. I ll remember you on quiet Sundays. I won t rewrite this again.

I visit the same bench at dusk and it startles me that you won t answer. Here s to everything we couldn t say. That s okay.

I m choosing peace over almost because I m afraid of what you ll say back. Maybe in another life we make it.

I take the long way past your street because I m afraid of what you ll say back. I ll keep the window cracked for luck.

I should have stayed curious and I pretend the universe is listening. I ll carry the lesson not the weight.

I should have picked you first and I promise I am trying to be better. I hope you re loved where you are. I m keeping the promise this time.