What We Didn’t Keep

Yeah…

Still here…

I still reach for you half asleep,

Like habits I forgot to break.

Your name lives somewhere in between

Every promise we couldn’t save.

The room remembers how you laughed,

Even after you moved on.

Funny how the quiet lasts

Longer than what we had.

I trace the cracks along the floor,

Places we don’t step anymore.

I don’t hate you, that’s the truth,

I just miss who I was with you.

Miss the version that believed

Some things were meant to be.

I hope you’re smiling somewhere else,

Doing all the things we planned.

I hope you’re lighter, feeling safe,

Holding someone’s steady hand.

If loving you meant letting go,

Then I guess I learned my part.

I’ll carry us in softer tones,

You can keep the rest of my heart.

I replay moments I can’t change,

Different words, a slower pace.

We weren’t wrong, we weren’t right,

Just two people out of time.

Your absence feels polite now,

Like it learned to stay in line.

Some nights hurt a little less,

Some nights still don’t feel fine.

If you ever think of me,

I hope it doesn’t hurt too deep.

I hope it feels like summer rain,

Gone too fast, but sweet the same.

I hope you’re smiling somewhere else,

Living all the life you dreamed.

I’ll stay quiet, wish you well,

From a distance in between.

Some loves aren’t meant to stay,

They just teach us how to feel.

Yeah…

I’m letting go…

Slowly…