And after all this time,82Please respect copyright.PENANA8qoOcFfLA7
I still can’t stop myself from thinking:82Please respect copyright.PENANAmN7v914BbQ
Where did things go wrong?82Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZZp9nYoO1
What did I do?
Or maybe…82Please respect copyright.PENANABaMixdmrvi
Was it ever even about me?
Because if she truly felt uncomfortable,82Please respect copyright.PENANAy6S8awxKsd
if something had changed…82Please respect copyright.PENANAmT8iDXJ2BE
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.82Please respect copyright.PENANAzm7js0kQQ2
Love, friendship — anything worth holding onto —82Please respect copyright.PENANAE55A8pUW1W
needs more than just presence.82Please respect copyright.PENANA9ztCz9BXTu
It needs words.82Please respect copyright.PENANAhFnUgdLSaB
It needs effort.82Please respect copyright.PENANAFihXhzQx1e
It needs little things,82Please respect copyright.PENANAPVs4hGgmWF
done with heart.
And maybe, just maybe…82Please respect copyright.PENANAXR1Vns5r7x
if she had told me instead of telling others,82Please respect copyright.PENANATWxIejAxWw
we could’ve found our way back.
But if becoming strangers is what she needs to find peace —82Please respect copyright.PENANA5ceITU54wa
if silence is what soothes her better than my presence —82Please respect copyright.PENANACbJ1lX6cFg
then I’ll step back.
Because loving someone isn’t always about staying.82Please respect copyright.PENANA2c0bJroeS6
Sometimes it’s about letting go,82Please respect copyright.PENANAQiREb7LJUl
even when you're breaking in half.
I only ever wanted her to be okay.82Please respect copyright.PENANAIr1m0FRxC2
Even if it meant losing the piece of myself I found in her.
So I tried to say goodbye.82Please respect copyright.PENANAKxOlYLQJlg
Because it was me who started all of this…82Please respect copyright.PENANA3MDycyBPIP
so it should be me who ends it.
I sent her a message.82Please respect copyright.PENANAUKy1MSxuHo
A quiet farewell wrapped in trembling fingers.
“This is the end,” I said.82Please respect copyright.PENANAbERyHR4OBB
“Let’s stop pretending…”
But I was drowning in thoughts,82Please respect copyright.PENANA2vqeaYn6jg
while she…
She replied:
"Leave… but delete everything.82Please respect copyright.PENANAk9XLdYdyhl
Every word, every song, every movie,82Please respect copyright.PENANAMefTkdyXSU
everything I ever said to you.82Please respect copyright.PENANA0VEyGpwots
Completely.82Please respect copyright.PENANAEP8drenXTF
I don’t know how you’ll do it.82Please respect copyright.PENANATTiuLjVX5w
Do it, then leave.82Please respect copyright.PENANAU6tCxOaaHQ
Or you can’t leave."
And I stood there, shattered.
Because maybe — just maybe —82Please respect copyright.PENANAeJmWZJLzap
that was her way of saying:82Please respect copyright.PENANAQbsHxfrSA1
“Don’t go.”82Please respect copyright.PENANAkHEYuRtmQ2
Maybe it was never about deletion.82Please respect copyright.PENANAx4rALgamBa
Maybe it was her final scream in disguise,82Please respect copyright.PENANAAagP1h73AH
a plea wrapped in anger,82Please respect copyright.PENANAoZtV5ohbXN
a heartbreak dressed like defiance.
And I couldn’t read between the lines.
Maybe this was right.82Please respect copyright.PENANAPIuJcC43Kd
Maybe wrong.82Please respect copyright.PENANAObIxPfxG3y
I don’t care to think anymore.
I stayed —82Please respect copyright.PENANANg4bLVgE1F
hoping I meant something to her.82Please respect copyright.PENANADpI3pBQBpu
Everything.
From the songs and movies82Please respect copyright.PENANAWTezfgYq55
to the words and shared silence,82Please respect copyright.PENANAUmUjMK1fcS
every little moment,82Please respect copyright.PENANAx1SV3ReSVA
every ounce of friendship —82Please respect copyright.PENANAdS7BEwzqKh
they were enough for me.
And so I wanted to end it.82Please respect copyright.PENANAA4A8KWsxKY
Before she got the chance to.
Because I noticed the distance.82Please respect copyright.PENANAoKMqnHeCbM
How she tried to avoid me.
Even if she said she never meant to.
That’s what made me do this.82Please respect copyright.PENANAToqx58lH9w
Because I couldn’t bear to see her like that anymore.82Please respect copyright.PENANAe3CiccBIYv
To be the reason for that discomfort.
As always.
Emotionally,82Please respect copyright.PENANAtqomfwWjCb
I wanted to stay.
Intellectually,82Please respect copyright.PENANAQNXnpnHCep
I knew I had to leave.
So I punished myself.82Please respect copyright.PENANAZ46M9Ytwki
As I always do.82Please respect copyright.PENANAiTq3l05l88
Breaking from both ends.
But if all of this…82Please respect copyright.PENANAVDyahRas7r
if everything we shared82Please respect copyright.PENANAMY5gxjm46W
was never meant to be —
Then why,82Please respect copyright.PENANACToVBMXRoo
why does it still feel so beautiful?