no place like us
“i know i said i’m fine,
but truth is,
i still think of you
when the light turns red
and the world slows down just enough
for your name to slip through my mind.
you left like i deserved it—
and maybe i did.
i hurt you in ways
you never even spoke of,
in ways that sat quiet between us
like the pauses in our calls
that used to feel like home.
and i know i made you question
if love should ache this much.
i see it now—
the way you stayed
long after you should’ve left,
waiting for me to grow
into the kind of person
who wouldn’t keep you waiting.
you weren’t mine to own,
but god,
you felt like a part of me
that made the rest make sense.
and maybe i never said it right,
maybe i said too much,
but if you’re out there
reading this—
just know,
there’s no place
my heart calls home
the way it did
when it was with you.”