To my dearest friend,
As you celebrate today,
the beautiful life you and your partner created.
I hope the room was full of light.
I hope your smile stayed the whole time.
I hope you know that she is surrounded by love
I hope that you know that I wish for your happiness
I just wish I had been there,
somewhere in the background of your joy,
standing with everyone else —
not to be seen,
just to belong in the moment.
Because once,
in quieter days,
we walked through things that felt heavy together.
You held space for me when I was breaking.
And I carried gratitude for that
like something permanent.
I think that's why
I always believed
we would remain in each other's future somehow —
not loudly,
not perfectly,
just... surely.
You became a small, steady part of my story.
And I thought I held a place in yours too.
So this isn't anger —
just the soft ache of learning
I may have stood somewhere different
in your heart than I believed.
Still,
my happiness for you is real.
Because you mattered to me.
Because you still do.
And even from a distance,
I wish your family a life
full of the kind of warmth
you once gave to me.
YOU ARE READING
Every part of me
PoetryThis book took years to begin. Not because I lacked words, but because I lacked the courage to open my heart. To my readers- this is my soul, laid bare. Every page holds a piece of me: my vulnerability, my joy, the moments I loved deeply, and the gr...
