All Unsent Messages

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.

I can draw your handwriting from memory and I still don t know who I am without you. I ll put the phone down now.

I keep our inside jokes alive and I practice the right words in the mirror. I will keep the soft parts of us.

Thank you for every small kindness and I still don t know who I am without you. We were real even if we ended.

I m sorry for leaving a knot in you and it feels like weather inside me. I hope you keep the light you found.

I looked at my phone instead of you and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. Here s to everything we couldn t say. That s okay.

I wear your silence like a coat and I leave the porch light on anyway. I ll let the tide take the rest. I m learning to be gentle.