things i never said
I folded love into quiet glances,
Left it blooming where you’d never look.
You held my hand like a habit,
Not a promise—just a page you never took.
You spoke in futures I never fit,
Built blueprints I watched from the edge.
I whispered want in silent rooms,
While you made vows to a phantom ledge.
You were not cruel—just somewhere else,
A ghost beside me, warm and kind.
But kindness burns when it is distant,
And closeness lives inside the mind.
I swallowed storms to keep you dry,
Bit my tongue as truth turned red.
You never broke me with your leaving—
It was all the things I never said.