All Unsent Messages

Thank you for every small kindness, and I keep asking the moon for advice. I forgive you. I forgive me. This is enough.

I’m sorry I mistook pride for strength, and I keep looking for you in crowds. I’ll put the phone down now.

I should have stayed curious, and I pretend the universe is listening. If this reaches you, know I tried. I’m learning to be gentle.

I still reach for the phone, and it startles me that you won’t answer. I forgive you. I forgive me. I’ll keep making tea for one.

I write drafts I never send, and it startles me that you won’t answer. Here’s to everything we couldn’t say. That’s okay.

I should have picked you first, though the calendar insists we moved on. Maybe in another life, we make it. I won’t rewrite this again.

I’m sorry for leaving a knot in you, and I wonder if you kept anything of us. I’ll let the tide take the rest. I won’t rewrite this again.

I should have told you on that bridge, and I pretend the universe is listening. This is for the version of us that almost was. I’m keeping the promise this time.

I looked at my phone instead of you, and I keep rewriting the past in kinder ink. Maybe in another life, we make it. This is enough.

I just wish you the best and I hope you find the love you deserve