A Quiet Closure

“𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈…”
You said…

I nodded, respecfully
and leave quietly.

I thought hearing those words
would wreck me, but—I am fine.

Maybe because I already knew
that we stopped being everything a long time ago.

Or maybe because—
I’ve rehearsed that goodbye in my head
countless of times…
In moments you never noticed,
in the silences that stretched where they shouldn’t,
in the laughter that felt forced,
in the spaces we filled with memories
just to avoid facing the hard truth.

While your “Thank you” was filled with sentiment,
Mine comes with quiet closure.

So, here’s my “Thank you, too…”
for teaching me to walk away—with dignity.

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*image: taneli lahtinen / unsplash