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I wish I’d known that last goodbye would echo like a final sigh. Your eyes were quiet, voice unsure— a silence I chose to ignore. You didn’t flinch, you didn’t cry, just turned and left beneath that sky. If I had known, I’d have begged you to stay, to steal a few more words that day. No calls, no texts, not even views, just empty screens and phantom news. I hold my phone, then drop it fast— what’s hope but shadows from the past? They say move on, that time will heal, but grief’s not something you can feel and fix like glass that’s cracked in two. I’d just have held on tighter— if only I knew. That goodbye was forever.
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM UTC
If Only I Knew
I wish I’d known that last goodbye would echo like a final sigh. Your eyes were quiet, voice unsure— a silence I chose to ignore. You didn’t flinch, you didn’t cry, just turned and left beneath that sky. If I had known, I’d have begged you to stay, to steal a few more words that day. No calls, no texts, not even views, just empty screens and phantom news. I hold my phone, then drop it fast— what’s hope but shadows from the past? They say move on, that time will heal, but grief’s not something you can feel and fix like glass that’s cracked in two. I’d just have held on tighter— if only I knew. That goodbye was forever.
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM UTC
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