I don't think
I'll ever be the same again.
Not because you left.
But because of what leaving did to me.
It changed the way I love.
The way I trust.
The way I let people in.
There will always be
a small part of me
that's afraid now.
Afraid of caring too much.
Afraid of getting attached.
Afraid of waking up one day
and having to survive
another goodbye.
I think this changed me forever.
And maybe one day
I'll become someone new.
Someone stronger.
Someone softer in a different way.
But right now…
I'm still learning
how to live
with the person
your absence created.