Pause, not goodbye

Yeah… I left the porch light on.

Just in case.

Packed my side of the closet in a duffel bag

Didn’t take the ring, just the photograph

You said “go find yourself,” voice shaking like the screen door

I’m on the riverbank, boots in the mud, heart on the floor

I ain’t running, I’m rewinding

Need the space to stop the fighting

Every mile I drive’s a question

Will the quiet bring us blessings?

This ain’t the end, it’s a comma in the sentence

Pause the track, let the silence teach us lessons

I’m lost in the woods but I left the trail of bread

Come find me when your heart’s done bleeding red

**We’re on a break, not broken**

**Just bent enough to grow again**

Your voicemail’s full, I still call at 2 AM

Talk to the tone like it’s you, say “I’m trying, babe”

The river’s whispering your name in the reeds

I’m learning how to miss you without the need to leave

I ain’t ghosting, I’m grounding

Need the storm to stop the drowning

Every tear’s a seed I’m planting

For the garden we’ll be dancing…

If love’s a record, we just scratched it

Let the needle lift, let the static pass it

I’m not the boy you met, I’m the man I’m tryna be

Give me 30 days of lonely, then come home to me

This ain’t the end, it’s the breath before the chorus

Pause the pain, let the healing do its chorus

I left the porch light on, bugs dancing in the glow

Come find me when you’re ready—**I ain’t letting go**

**We’re on a break, not broken**

**Just bent enough to grow… again**