Day 11

I used to wonder

what I did wrong

what I could have said

how I could have been

more

but I see it now

how I made space
for someone

who never planned
to stay

how I softened
the parts of me
that needed to be heard

just to keep
what was already
leaving

and now

when you reach for me
from a distance

I don’t feel chosen

I feel—

remembered

and that is not
the same

so I will let
this version of you

stay
where it belongs

in the past

where I first learned

what I will never
accept again

JMS