Good Enough

I stopped needing the big things

Stopped asking for more

Started calling the quiet

Something worth holding on for

I told myself stable

Was better than strong

That steady was safer

Than wondering what’s wrong

Every time something felt off

I let it go

I kept moving the line

Lower than before

It was good enough

That’s what I said

Nothing falling apart

Nothing left unsaid

It was good enough

To stay where we are

I kept making it smaller

Just to call it love

I stopped bringing up distance

Stopped naming the space

Started telling myself

This is what time does to things

Everything working

Everything calm

But something important

Was quietly gone

There’s a difference

Between peace and less

I didn’t see it

Until there was nothing left

It was good enough

Until it wasn’t

Until I realized

What I gave up for it

It was good enough

To stay where we’ve been

But good enough

Isn’t living