── .✦"kindness came when shame was loudest."

I thought I knew who I was. I wasn’t perfect, but I was whole. Now I question even my silence.

── .✦"Breathe the part of me that never wanted to leave."

What love I carried, I gave quietly, perhaps it met your lungs before the dark did.

── .✦"He stared like I was a song he once loved but forgot the words to."

I turned it slowly, your promise undone, but still mine.

── .✦"You held me close just to make leaving look easy."

Was I ever yours, or just a role you played until the exit?

...

── .✦"Wrapped in warmth, purring by your side."

Cuddled in blankets as the cold night grows, warmed only by the fire of your presence.