Were there clues
I didn’t see?
Sometimes I replay it in my head—
all those years of noticing you
without really noticing you.
You were there,
somewhere in the background,
a road I passed often
but never once considered taking.
Not because it wasn’t there.
Just because I wasn’t ready
to wonder where it led.
And I think about that veil—
the one life places gently over your eyes
when someone isn’t meant to be seen yet.
Not hidden,
just out of focus.
I believe that’s what happened to us.
You existed in my orbit
but never in my story.
Not then.
The veil only lifted
when we had both changed enough
to recognize each other.
Because by then
I had stopped believing in fairy tales.
Stopped waiting for the one.
Stopped trusting promises
of happy endings
and forever written in advance.
I learned the hard way
that love isn’t destiny—
it’s timing,
growth,
and two people becoming
who they’re meant to be
at the same moment.
And now when I look at you,
I don’t see who you were back then.
I see who you are now.
More importantly,
I see who you’re no longer trying to be.
Just like me.
Maybe that’s why we clicked—
not because we were always meant to,
but because one day
we were finally ready to.
Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM UTC
Were there clues
I didn’t see?
Sometimes I replay it in my head—
all those years of noticing you
without really noticing you.
You were there,
somewhere in the background,
a road I passed often
but never once considered taking.
Not because it wasn’t there.
Just because I wasn’t ready
to wonder where it led.
And I think about that veil—
the one life places gently over your eyes
when someone isn’t meant to be seen yet.
Not hidden,
just out of focus.
I believe that’s what happened to us.
You existed in my orbit
but never in my story.
Not then.
The veil only lifted
when we had both changed enough
to recognize each other.
Because by then
I had stopped believing in fairy tales.
Stopped waiting for the one.
Stopped trusting promises
of happy endings
and forever written in advance.
I learned the hard way
that love isn’t destiny—
it’s timing,
growth,
and two people becoming
who they’re meant to be
at the same moment.
And now when I look at you,
I don’t see who you were back then.
I see who you are now.
More importantly,
I see who you’re no longer trying to be.
Just like me.
Maybe that’s why we clicked—
not because we were always meant to,
but because one day
we were finally ready to.
