look closely

soothing

healing

pulls me to a slumber of relaxation

you were able to take a leap

proud of you

keep going

you are not doing this alone

it feels strange,

knowing that the people you once were close with

are now but distant strangers—

voices you no longer hear,

laughter you no longer share,

memories fading into the quiet corners of time.

and yet,

some part of you still lingers there,

in old conversations,

in photographs tucked away,

in the echoes of moments that once felt endless.

once, their presence was a home,

now it is a locked door

you no longer have the key to.

but perhaps distance is not only loss;

perhaps it is space,

space for you to grow,

to carry what was good,

and to let go of what no longer belongs.

and though life keeps moving,

some part of you aches,

knowing you can never return

One Day

I’m gonna stop looking

I’m gonna stop wondering

Why we didn’t work out

Why you chose someone else

Why you didn’t feel the way I felt for you

One Day

I’m gonna stop rehearsing things in my mind

of the things i wanna say to you and ask you

One Day

I’ll stop reminiscing all the memories

your eyes, your smile, your laughter

thoughts of us in our warmest embrace

our precious moments together

One Day

I’ll stop listening to songs you made me listen

I’ll stop singing the melodies that make me feel like you are near me

One Day

I’ll stop my heart from feeling

But, I don’t know when that day will arrive,

If it will truly ever come,