I met you when I was learning how to say goodbye to versions of myself that survived in silence... At the hour I was learning how to let go not of people but of pain that had overstayed its welcome... You lived in another place another time zone of the soul... I was older seasoned with the wisdom of survival carrying dark chapters I never planned on reading out loud But I did And you listened... No flinch No judgment No fixing Just space and that alone felt sacred... You held my truth like glass never dropped it never cut me with it That’s rare That’s divine... That alone felt like love... And maybe just maybe you were the greatest love I wasn’t meant to live only meant to feel... I felt the shift the way care leaned toward love the way your words slowed down like you were choosing me between breaths... So I pulled back. Not from fear from knowing... In another lifetime in a different place with fewer wounds and more room we might have chosen each other freely... This one this lifetime was not built for us to stay... Some loves don’t stay They wake you up They remind you that softness is still possible after everything... So I keep the memories clean The laughter The talks that felt like midnight prayers The love that could have been and didn’t have to be to be real... @Darkfeminine