Xagegonzales
The Things We Never Became
We all have someone we never became something with.
A friend we slowly fell for.
A stranger who became familiar.
A person we wanted but could never have.
Someone we loved at the wrong time, in the wrong way, or simply too much.
The Things We Never Became follows the quiet cycle of love; from the first encounter to the friendship that begins to feel like something more, from falling in love to jealousy, heartbreak, regret, and the difficult choice to finally let go.
It is about the moments we thought would last forever, the words we never said, the apologies that came too late, and the memories that refuse to leave.
Because love does not always end when two people separate.
Sometimes it stays in the songs we skip, the places we remember, the names we still recognize in a crowd, and the questions we never found answers to.
But perhaps that is the cycle.
We meet.
We grow close.
We fall.
We hope.
We lose.
We regret.
We heal.
And somehow, we love again.
Not every person we love is meant to stay.
Some are meant to teach us what it feels like to be chosen.
Some teach us what it feels like not to be.
Some become memories.
Some become regrets.
And some become the version of ourselves we had to leave behind.
These poems are for every person who has ever loved quietly, waited too long, held on too tightly, walked away too late, or wondered what might have happened if things had been different.
Because somewhere in these pages, you may find a person you once loved.
You may find a version of yourself.
Or perhaps, you may find the things you never became.