And after all this time,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOJeMJySSK
I still can’t stop myself from thinking:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UvK7v3xfx
Where did things go wrong?16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeREipflpkJ
What did I do?
Or maybe…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrS0RL1JWDW
Was it ever even about me?
Because if she truly felt uncomfortable,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8tvSdUhxF
if something had changed…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynIkZPKhA8
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.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0hmJcfofn
Love, friendship — anything worth holding onto —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWcC8zxDLZ
needs more than just presence.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0rAX4f4rE
It needs words.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnaZi3bqp8
It needs effort.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWwXzt88FZ
It needs little things,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3Snhz6ffO
done with heart.
And maybe, just maybe…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5nUm1lLnH
if she had told me instead of telling others,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnLM247ySh
we could’ve found our way back.
But if becoming strangers is what she needs to find peace —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1ptmZvdyc
if silence is what soothes her better than my presence —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDvfUXwG2F
then I’ll step back.
Because loving someone isn’t always about staying.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWk7KnaFqK
Sometimes it’s about letting go,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUK6cyxABeK
even when you're breaking in half.
I only ever wanted her to be okay.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Bsh94h21
Even if it meant losing the piece of myself I found in her.
So I tried to say goodbye.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6Y0kRgHiz
Because it was me who started all of this…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWNUESKU9G
so it should be me who ends it.
I sent her a message.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekkEZDM4Qg
A quiet farewell wrapped in trembling fingers.
“This is the end,” I said.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy47CGcJPa
“Let’s stop pretending…”
But I was drowning in thoughts,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigI9NBoEPk
while she…
She replied:
"Leave… but delete everything.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv1Hlav7mW
Every word, every song, every movie,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UdkrlBxKV
everything I ever said to you.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9uO2YT9g7
Completely.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ywf3xAkHS
I don’t know how you’ll do it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnqBzOmHf3
Do it, then leave.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe9wTwFvi1
Or you can’t leave."
And I stood there, shattered.
Because maybe — just maybe —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQyuCh582z
that was her way of saying:16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXETxruoVp9
“Don’t go.”16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglzPCeAwnI
Maybe it was never about deletion.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXuqFFMFLO
Maybe it was her final scream in disguise,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoYRaqrJfI
a plea wrapped in anger,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcF93vy4xd
a heartbreak dressed like defiance.
And I couldn’t read between the lines.
Maybe this was right.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS5LT8nDdx
Maybe wrong.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECTBOZfO1m
I don’t care to think anymore.
I stayed —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy5LMfD916
hoping I meant something to her.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ99f99qXpk
Everything.
From the songs and movies16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnqOSMiNs1
to the words and shared silence,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGS3wpvwJfq
every little moment,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO2oDqP7go
every ounce of friendship —16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XKPwi8BYZ
they were enough for me.
And so I wanted to end it.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxFFWr0akm
Before she got the chance to.
Because I noticed the distance.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVVxoSpMir
How she tried to avoid me.
Even if she said she never meant to.
That’s what made me do this.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvyzyaDwyZ
Because I couldn’t bear to see her like that anymore.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6w5Sq5qg8
To be the reason for that discomfort.
As always.
Emotionally,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmOHPaHK3s
I wanted to stay.
Intellectually,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb3e9Ledg0
I knew I had to leave.
So I punished myself.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzZ5G4I11s
As I always do.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlsCafogWd
Breaking from both ends.
But if all of this…16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrWDqXhl5c
if everything we shared16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMiHGANP7V
was never meant to be —
Then why,16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLRY0gfkyG
why does it still feel so beautiful?
