Hallway

We met in hallways after class,

laughing like the world stood still

A year of almosts, quiet sparks,

somewhere between a friend and real

The way you looked, a second longer,

like there was something you couldn’t say

We kept it hidden in the silence,

afraid to scare it all away

I thought we had more time

I thought we’d figure it out slow

But one day you were gone

And I was left alone

Now I keep asking what we could’ve been

If you stayed, if you let me in

I search for reasons, blame myself

But nothing happened, nothing fell

You disappeared without a sound

No goodbye, no turning around

And I’m still standing here alone

Wondering why you let me go

Your name still echoes in my mind,

like a song I can’t erase

I walk the paths we used to share,

still looking for your face

I replay every word we said

Every laugh, every stare

Trying to find the moment

When you decided not to care

Now I keep asking what we could’ve been

If you stayed, if you let me in

I search for reasons, blame myself

But nothing happened, nothing fell

You disappeared without a sound

No goodbye, no turning around

And I’m still standing here alone

Wondering why you let me go

Was it fear, or was it timing?

Was I too much, or not enough?

Did you feel it like I did,

or was I just imagining us?

I’ll never know what stopped your heart

Or why you chose to walk away

But part of me is still back there

In everything we didn’t say

So I carry all these maybes on my skin

A story that never got to begin