I miss the girl I used to be,
when your name lit up my phone.
The one who stayed up finishing notes,
but still felt quietly alone.
I wasn’t in love — not quite, not that —
but I cared in ways I couldn’t explain.
The laughs between lectures,
the silence after pain.
I smiled at her, the perfect one,
though I wished I didn’t have to try.
Played kind, played calm,
while jealousy burned behind my eye.
You promised things — and broke them too.
But maybe I broke things in return.
Possession, pride, unspoken fights,
lessons we were slow to learn.
Still, in the end, I helped you again —
a last project, a quiet goodbye.
No apology, no deep confession,
just eye contact we let slide by.
I don’t miss you the way I thought.
I miss the girl who felt like more —
The one who mattered in someone’s life,
the one I haven’t seen since before.
So if she’s still somewhere inside,
I want to bring her home to me.
But this time, softer — without the fear —
and finally, free to just be.