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“Things I Never Said”
I never told her
that I memorized the pauses in her breath
when she slept on the phone with me.
That I knew the way her voice
softened when she felt safe—
and how I lived
just to hear that sound again.
I never told her
that I stopped believing in soulmates…
until she called me by my name
like it was something sacred.
I never told her
that the reason I stayed silent
was because my love was too loud
for the world we lived in.
I never told her
that I still replay
the moment she looked at me
and didn’t see me anymore.
But most of all,
I never told her
that I forgave her
before she ever left.