When did it stop being real? When did the truth start to peel? I felt you fade like mist before noon, But I told myself storms always clear up soon. I swallowed the signs I could see, Rewrote the ending for me. Your leaving wore healing’s disguise But surrender and closure aren’t twins in my eyes. And you were already gone. I just hadn’t caught on. It all just feels wrong now Like truth with the edges sanded down. Every memory cuts clean through, Like I was the wound that healed for you. I learned how replaceable I’ve been By how fast you let someone else in. How easy it was to let me fall, Like I never mattered at all. I saw it there in your eyes, The quiet between your replies. You held me like something fragile and thin, Like you’d already decided to let go again. I tried to believe what you said, That we were just tired, not dead. But love shouldn’t feel this unsure, And doubt shouldn’t feel so pure. And you were already gone. I just hadn’t caught on. It all just feels wrong now Like truth with the edges sanded down. Every memory cuts clean through, Like I was the wound that healed for you. I learned how replaceable I’ve been By how fast you let someone else in. How easy it was to let me fall, Like I never mattered at all. I keep replaying The way that you left. The shift came in waves, Not sudden, just less. You faded in pieces, Day after day, Until your ghost Was all that would stay. I feel lost. (Too quiet… too small.) I feel empty. (Like I’m nothing at all.)
