I learned endings at six.
So don’t call it fear
call it memory.
I don’t dread being left.
I dread being drained,
loved slowly empty
until there’s nothing worth missing.
I love urgently
because nothing stayed.
I expect disappearance
so hope won’t humiliate me.
If you stay,
don’t stay because I endured.
Stay because you met me.
I am not temporary.
I was just taught to expect loss.
Jan 2
Jan 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC
I learned endings at six.
So don’t call it fear
call it memory.
I don’t dread being left.
I dread being drained,
loved slowly empty
until there’s nothing worth missing.
I love urgently
because nothing stayed.
I expect disappearance
so hope won’t humiliate me.
If you stay,
don’t stay because I endured.
Stay because you met me.
I am not temporary.
I was just taught to expect loss.