You never chose me, and yet I stayed

She thought time would be enough.
That waiting would fade.
That his name would one day be just a name.

But some people don't choose you -
they let you stay.
In half-spoken words.
In silences that feel like hope.

Years later, she is still waiting.
Not for him, she says.
But for the feeling that she was ever enough.

You never chose me, and yet I stayed
is a story about attachment, emptiness,
and the pain of not being chosen,
even when no one else can see it.