Things Left Unsaid

What Stayed Without Holding On

What Stayed Without Holding On

I don’t think of it as holding on. That’s the phrase people use when something stays with you longer than expected. As if the only reason something remains is because...

What Stayed Without Holding On

I don’t think of it as holding on. That’s the phrase people use when something stays with you longer than expected. As if the only reason something remains is because...

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Where I Put the Words Instead

The relief didn’t come from letting go. It came from knowing where the words were.

Where I Put the Words Instead

The relief didn’t come from letting go. It came from knowing where the words were.

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What Stayed After the Words Softened

The words didn’t disappear. They just stopped asking so much of me.

What Stayed After the Words Softened

The words didn’t disappear. They just stopped asking so much of me.

An open smartphone resting on a table with a draft message left unsent, lit by soft natural light

After I Decided Not to Send It

Choosing not to send it didn’t make the words disappear. It just left them without a place to go.

After I Decided Not to Send It

Choosing not to send it didn’t make the words disappear. It just left them without a place to go.

A phone resting on a wooden table with an unsent message on the screen, surrounded by handwritten notes and soft, low light

There was a version of the message that was hon...

Some messages aren’t meant to be sent. They just want somewhere to exist.

There was a version of the message that was hon...

Some messages aren’t meant to be sent. They just want somewhere to exist.

Woman sitting quietly by a rain-streaked window with a closed notebook, candle, and locket, reflecting in silence.

I don’t want to forget.

I don’t want to forget what we had. I just don’t want to go back.

I don’t want to forget.

I don’t want to forget what we had. I just don’t want to go back.