A Poem

image source: Before Sunset (2004)

"when i say i miss you, i don’t mean it in some sad

miserable way, but it in a way that honors that connection we had.

not it some regretful way, or not even in some way that says

i wanna see you again, but i just truly miss you.

this isn’t coming from a negative place,

and you aren’t the only thing in my mind anymore,

but there are moments which i steal away and think, wow..

you would have loved to see this.

this isn’t a: i wanna be friends again..

or even a: i want you in my life again..

because i know that we both know deep in our hearts

that we aren’t meant to be, and that’s okay.

and as tragic as our story was,

i hope you know that; every memory of us has infinite value to me,

and couldn’t be replaced for the world.

i will love and cherish every single experience we had, but also

honor the memory, by moving forward with acceptance.

i know there’s an infinite amount of words that have gone unsaid

but i know that no words could say more

than the silence between us.

that being said,

i’m just so glad you exist."

A Poem from the book of: I love this version of myself that you brought out by Jaymen Chang