If one day you no longer see my name or
your screen and my messages fall silent,
please know. it was never because I stopped caring.
I loved you so deeply, more than I had the strength to hold on.
Letting you go was the hardest thing I've ever had to do,
and it broke my heart.
But sometimes walking away is the only way to
make peace with the distance you've put between us.
It hurt too much to keep keep fighting for a place in your
life that you weren't ready to give.
Though I might be gone, please remember,
there was someone who cared for you
more than words can say but had to let go to find
their own healing.
I hope you remember, in the quiet moments,
that there was someone who loved you deeply,
who never wanted to leave but had to protect their own heart.
In the silence that follows, know that
you were my hardest goodbye.