Away from me

Yeah…

Don’t get it confused —

I don’t want you back.

I just want you distant and well.

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I hope you heal…

just far away from me.

I hope you grow…

just out of my reach.

I hope you find peace…

just not where I sleep.

I hope you become everything you couldn’t be with me —

but don’t come back

when you finally see it.

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You weren’t the villain.

You just weren’t ready.

And I wasn’t the problem —

I just cared too heavy.

We were both rain,

but I was trying to be shelter.

You were just trying to feel something.

I kept trying to understand you

while you kept trying to avoid yourself.

I didn’t lose you —

I just lost the version of me

that tried to prove I deserved to stay.

Good.

She needed to go.

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I hope you heal…

just far away from me.

I hope you grow…

just out of my reach.

I hope you find peace…

just not where I sleep.

I hope you become everything you couldn’t be with me —

but don’t come back

when you finally see it.

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You’ll understand one day:

I didn’t walk away,

I released you

from the version of yourself

you kept pretending to be.

And I released myself

from begging for love

I was already giving.

We both know

if I stayed,

I would’ve started shrinking

just to fit beside you.

And I don’t do that anymore.

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I hope you heal…

just far away from me.

I hope you grow…

just not toward me.

I hope you find peace…

just not where I breathe.

I hope you remember me beautifully —

from a distance

you can’t cross again.