Captivate Me

I didn’t walk away because the love was gone.

If anything that’s what made it so hard.

I left because love wasn’t enough to save us,

and maybe I wasn’t the person you could change for —

but I still hope with everything in me,

that you choose to change for yourself.

Not for me. Not for us.

For you.

Because I’ve seen your strength.

I’ve seen you try.

And none of that effort is meaningless, even now.

Please don’t carry guilt for how we ended.

What we had was real —

and I will keep it that way in my heart.

The good, the difficult, the moments that shaped us —

they stay with me, not as pain but as something that mattered.

I don’t know what we’ll be from here.

We can’t promise anything.

But I hope in time we find a way to exist in each other’s lives

with kindness, with honesty —

in whatever form that takes.

More than anything, I want you to be okay.

Truly okay.

To find your way out of this,

to smile again without forcing it,

to build something better than what came before.

You deserve that.

And even if our paths don’t meet the same way again,

you will always be someone I carry with me —