And after all this time,83Please respect copyright.PENANAYy215tj1XR
I still can’t stop myself from thinking:83Please respect copyright.PENANArNFTRixKhU
Where did things go wrong?83Please respect copyright.PENANARU2V52JqMJ
What did I do?
Or maybe…83Please respect copyright.PENANAnIxPaP4uWc
Was it ever even about me?
Because if she truly felt uncomfortable,83Please respect copyright.PENANAmYEVMUaCOS
if something had changed…83Please respect copyright.PENANAr9vR6ATppi
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.83Please respect copyright.PENANAOLGbT3H9Yt
Love, friendship — anything worth holding onto —83Please respect copyright.PENANAVBOhmiWLAo
needs more than just presence.83Please respect copyright.PENANAK96dHVI52v
It needs words.83Please respect copyright.PENANAQLLlsXfoND
It needs effort.83Please respect copyright.PENANAx2JDAZhgKq
It needs little things,83Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ3jQG6E1h
done with heart.
And maybe, just maybe…83Please respect copyright.PENANALk5fqN2g80
if she had told me instead of telling others,83Please respect copyright.PENANASwy18ecHrf
we could’ve found our way back.
But if becoming strangers is what she needs to find peace —83Please respect copyright.PENANAta7n8Qxgrc
if silence is what soothes her better than my presence —83Please respect copyright.PENANAG4wGI8GEap
then I’ll step back.
Because loving someone isn’t always about staying.83Please respect copyright.PENANAbv5DhbXetU
Sometimes it’s about letting go,83Please respect copyright.PENANA7y3RKSVAO3
even when you're breaking in half.
I only ever wanted her to be okay.83Please respect copyright.PENANAgbrTIqLwnK
Even if it meant losing the piece of myself I found in her.
So I tried to say goodbye.83Please respect copyright.PENANA0LqkAbaAcE
Because it was me who started all of this…83Please respect copyright.PENANAmmQX1k1PoZ
so it should be me who ends it.
I sent her a message.83Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5y6HS8oY9
A quiet farewell wrapped in trembling fingers.
“This is the end,” I said.83Please respect copyright.PENANAPhMccMPelG
“Let’s stop pretending…”
But I was drowning in thoughts,83Please respect copyright.PENANAw0Wzo2EzUY
while she…
She replied:
"Leave… but delete everything.83Please respect copyright.PENANAbpXmqpwwxN
Every word, every song, every movie,83Please respect copyright.PENANAUUA1MkVP4r
everything I ever said to you.83Please respect copyright.PENANAdVMON0Ye2t
Completely.83Please respect copyright.PENANAYfyLYvpuRz
I don’t know how you’ll do it.83Please respect copyright.PENANArtZxdkvToI
Do it, then leave.83Please respect copyright.PENANARXCXF9FCqL
Or you can’t leave."
And I stood there, shattered.
Because maybe — just maybe —83Please respect copyright.PENANAktuodmhyLn
that was her way of saying:83Please respect copyright.PENANAY4LQrPQ0SZ
“Don’t go.”83Please respect copyright.PENANAEuUa0rd69H
Maybe it was never about deletion.83Please respect copyright.PENANA5NbDbyOmnN
Maybe it was her final scream in disguise,83Please respect copyright.PENANAeYKg6NzNXk
a plea wrapped in anger,83Please respect copyright.PENANApCZ1QRyEd5
a heartbreak dressed like defiance.
And I couldn’t read between the lines.
Maybe this was right.83Please respect copyright.PENANASKy7LnDBd7
Maybe wrong.83Please respect copyright.PENANAu7FqcAzgaE
I don’t care to think anymore.
I stayed —83Please respect copyright.PENANA9RqB65BfZQ
hoping I meant something to her.83Please respect copyright.PENANAIfuGkykddc
Everything.
From the songs and movies83Please respect copyright.PENANA7Zhe7bN1wa
to the words and shared silence,83Please respect copyright.PENANAdpoLenIuDe
every little moment,83Please respect copyright.PENANAMKnZapsFOa
every ounce of friendship —83Please respect copyright.PENANAzFPoBasQdX
they were enough for me.
And so I wanted to end it.83Please respect copyright.PENANAwGLDt620hf
Before she got the chance to.
Because I noticed the distance.83Please respect copyright.PENANAviH2BqHxg8
How she tried to avoid me.
Even if she said she never meant to.
That’s what made me do this.83Please respect copyright.PENANAu7EUcJZ5oJ
Because I couldn’t bear to see her like that anymore.83Please respect copyright.PENANAPN3FFaL5ti
To be the reason for that discomfort.
As always.
Emotionally,83Please respect copyright.PENANApvPYgGTytO
I wanted to stay.
Intellectually,83Please respect copyright.PENANAQY3vhRDiKv
I knew I had to leave.
So I punished myself.83Please respect copyright.PENANArzrVVkfQ2p
As I always do.83Please respect copyright.PENANAScZAapxu42
Breaking from both ends.
But if all of this…83Please respect copyright.PENANAftH0IoMhkf
if everything we shared83Please respect copyright.PENANA1VxtXPRub6
was never meant to be —
Then why,83Please respect copyright.PENANAFGITkCcoLg
why does it still feel so beautiful?