just your presence
“you didn’t fix me
you didn’t try to
you just stayed
on the days i broke
a little too quietly.
you didn’t promise forever
or say the right things—
but your silence felt warm
and your eyes
felt like home.
i don’t know if you meant to
but you made me feel
like maybe i wasn’t too much
for once.
and now you’re gone
and everything is still
mostly okay—
except for the part
that aches
when something good happens
and i wish
you were there
to see me smile.”