And after all this time,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoBy77oVoM
I still can’t stop myself from thinking:55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2NFvG0UnH
Where did things go wrong?55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfyqHUGTsm
What did I do?
Or maybe…55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslhjDHB32O
Was it ever even about me?
Because if she truly felt uncomfortable,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4lAaOHhBU
if something had changed…55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUXQil3n4R
why didn’t she just talk to me?
Why did the silence grow louder than the words we used to share?
People aren’t mind readers.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkVbo1SS4D
Love, friendship — anything worth holding onto —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1KVsmhFAl
needs more than just presence.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezgUqPkQ5i
It needs words.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd75Bgq9Xs
It needs effort.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrG1zxSaR7F
It needs little things,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTofgnkbECU
done with heart.
And maybe, just maybe…55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7z2JIPshT
if she had told me instead of telling others,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfI2Xi0aEP
we could’ve found our way back.
But if becoming strangers is what she needs to find peace —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyD7fLfJ4JO
if silence is what soothes her better than my presence —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4sUtvCVrG
then I’ll step back.
Because loving someone isn’t always about staying.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l3Yl2KBAo
Sometimes it’s about letting go,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhwY9uP5Fc
even when you're breaking in half.
I only ever wanted her to be okay.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqa0mrPC13
Even if it meant losing the piece of myself I found in her.
So I tried to say goodbye.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnXeanorKY
Because it was me who started all of this…55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf6ryQznTc
so it should be me who ends it.
I sent her a message.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYAhCB9ce1
A quiet farewell wrapped in trembling fingers.
“This is the end,” I said.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY2WbpPCy9
“Let’s stop pretending…”
But I was drowning in thoughts,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjuBCxZJeK
while she…
She replied:
"Leave… but delete everything.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSyfEh27TX
Every word, every song, every movie,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsARglwGCl
everything I ever said to you.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLimFpGDWn
Completely.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbVJNmrzLA
I don’t know how you’ll do it.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1Xb1mBrK3
Do it, then leave.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9VuMNihrs
Or you can’t leave."
And I stood there, shattered.
Because maybe — just maybe —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoUq7J6lZB
that was her way of saying:55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly7MxFMppX
“Don’t go.”55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfFM9sFPys
Maybe it was never about deletion.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLB7lS7Jam
Maybe it was her final scream in disguise,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhT80GMc0Y
a plea wrapped in anger,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoQwQFJTpK
a heartbreak dressed like defiance.
And I couldn’t read between the lines.
Maybe this was right.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcFaux2eph
Maybe wrong.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpe7YH4s8u
I don’t care to think anymore.
I stayed —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3nnvtaaFh
hoping I meant something to her.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReMl2YL7FE
Everything.
From the songs and movies55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegihdXLlSO
to the words and shared silence,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOmQb5HUDm
every little moment,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhHPFgsREu
every ounce of friendship —55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBq03uPXy1
they were enough for me.
And so I wanted to end it.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NwotxfnVt
Before she got the chance to.
Because I noticed the distance.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9dtyHkERM
How she tried to avoid me.
Even if she said she never meant to.
That’s what made me do this.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH52xKHt03R
Because I couldn’t bear to see her like that anymore.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUh2ClKsjDx
To be the reason for that discomfort.
As always.
Emotionally,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ReVoSZ0S1
I wanted to stay.
Intellectually,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kYmIYGbL7
I knew I had to leave.
So I punished myself.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZqEzLx4ar
As I always do.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeLkYXubaU
Breaking from both ends.
But if all of this…55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ9PZkrg0E
if everything we shared55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwhdMnBBX4
was never meant to be —
Then why,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AuG8WZ1Qx
why does it still feel so beautiful?
