All Unsent Messages

I still reach for the phone, though the calendar insists we moved on. I’ll keep the window cracked for luck. You don’t have to answer.

I still reach for the phone, though the calendar insists we moved on. I’ll keep the window cracked for luck. You don’t have to answer.

I hope the future fits you, though the calendar insists we moved on. I’m learning to miss you with kindness. I won’t rewrite this again.

I’m sorry I shut the door too soon, and I promise I am trying to be better. Maybe in another life, we make it. This is enough.

I memorize the routes to you, because I’m afraid of what you’ll say back. I’ll let the tide take the rest.

I keep your photo in my wallet, and it feels like weather inside me. I’m learning to miss you with kindness. This is enough.

I’m choosing peace over almost, and it feels like weather inside me. I’ll keep the window cracked for luck.

Thank you for the quiet courage, and I promise I am trying to be better. We were real, even if we ended.

I write drafts I never send, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. Maybe in another life, we make it. I’m learning to be gentle.

I hope love finds you gently, and I keep asking the moon for advice. I hope you’re loved where you are. I won’t rewrite this again.