Dear Ghost of What Was,
You used to visit without warning.211Please respect copyright.PENANA7sf6delIlr
In the middle of silence,211Please respect copyright.PENANAFcWyT5ct1z
in the crack of a laugh,211Please respect copyright.PENANAvallxKKdk9
in the scent of something familiar—211Please respect copyright.PENANAEukZEE74ZE
you'd come flooding back,211Please respect copyright.PENANA008hu1n0XG
uninvited but all-consuming.
I let you stay longer than I should have.211Please respect copyright.PENANA4gCczu2X8R
I made a home out of you,211Please respect copyright.PENANAQuypXDGMDW
thinking grief was loyalty211Please respect copyright.PENANA8sMR4RHzId
and pain was proof that I once mattered.
But memories aren't meant to be cages.211Please respect copyright.PENANAaTrKN4NWMO
And you, for all your weight,211Please respect copyright.PENANAtGmAtQrPd4
taught me something important:211Please respect copyright.PENANAtQYptgjnhk
how to let go without needing to forget.
You were a chapter I once reread,211Please respect copyright.PENANAX3c01gGusJ
hoping for a different ending.211Please respect copyright.PENANAnfGTIzS5EL
But now I've learned: closure isn't always loud.211Please respect copyright.PENANArBDN51bx8h
Sometimes, it's a quiet release.211Please respect copyright.PENANAH0B65ypnkX
A whisper of: I lived through you,211Please respect copyright.PENANAQuvlQEpaLG
but I am not you anymore.
I will no longer water wilted things.211Please respect copyright.PENANAPnp5LYaDbf
No longer chase versions of myself211Please respect copyright.PENANAUw63KAqlK6
I've already outgrown.
So this is my final letter to you.211Please respect copyright.PENANAt7QuDH74Tg
Not out of bitterness—211Please respect copyright.PENANAulso6XFOMv
but out of love for the person I am now.
I carry your lessons, not your shadows.
Goodbye gently,211Please respect copyright.PENANAWGpmBEnlo7
—The One Who Chose Peace
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