Ashley

There’s a stillness in you

that quiets the noise,

like the world exhales

when you’re around.

You speak

in calm, steady ways—

not loud, not seeking attention,

but the kind of presence

that stays with people

long after they go.

You’ve always been that—

not just someone from the past,

but someone

who’s never really left.

Some names don’t fade with time.

Some people

just take up quiet space

in the heart,

and stay there—

unchanged,

unchallenged,

undone by distance.

I don’t know what paths

life will write next,

but I do know this:

there are places in me

you will always belong to—

without needing to ask,

without needing to try.

That kind of bond

doesn’t disappear.

It just becomes

part of the foundation

you carry with you,

even in silence.

But here’s the truth,

It was all a

Lie