The Words Left Unsaid

The Words Left Unsaid

Before you walk away
Let me hold this moment a little longer
Let me trace the lines of your smile
Memorize the way your eyes soften when they meet mine.
The air between us is heavy with all the things we never said
And I wonder if silence is its own kind of goodbye.

I could tell you how my heart fractures at the thought of your absence
How the space you would leave behind will echo like an unfinished song
But the words stick in my throat, stubborn and afraid
Maybe some truths are too sharp to speak aloud.

So instead, I let my fingers brush against yours
One last fleeting touch, a silent plea disguised as an accident
You pause, and for a heartbeat, I thought you might stay
But then your steps pull you further away, and all I’m left with is the ghost of what could have been.

Before you walk away…
Did you know?
Did you feel it too?
Or was I the only one clinging to a moment already gone?