Chasing connections

“You didn’t just lose me.

You lost the version of yourself that I saw when nobody else did.

You lost the man I believed in when he didn’t even believe in himself.

You threw away a love that was patient, forgiving, and real — and for what?

One day, you’re going to reach for what we had and realize you traded it for nothing.

And I won’t be there to remind you of who you could have been.

And you’ll spend a long time realizing no one else will love the broken parts of you the way I did.

“You’re going to spend a lifetime chasing connections that feel half as safe, half as real, and half as patient as I was.

And no matter how many people you find, it’ll never feel like home the way it did with me.

You lost the only person who would have loved you even when you forgot how to love yourself.”