𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
(the silence after a scream, the breath before goodbye)
❛ Please don’t make me say goodbye. Not again. ❜
❛ You promised you’d stay. Why wasn’t that enough? ❜
❛ I keep waking up thinking you’re still here. ❜
❛ I tried to forget you. I really did. ❜
❛ If I asked you to stay, would you? ❜
❛ I didn’t mean to fall in love with you. I just wanted to feel something. ❜
❛ You left me to pick up the pieces, and now you want to come back? ❜
❛ I’ve buried a lot of things, but your name still feels fresh on my tongue. ❜
❛ Don’t you dare tell me this is for my own good. ❜
❛ You always leave when I need you most. ❜
❛ I should’ve told you how I felt when I had the chance. ❜
❛ Do you ever think about what we could’ve been? ❜
❛ Every song, every scent—it’s still you. Always you. ❜
❛ You were supposed to be my forever. ❜
❛ I saw you today. You looked happy. I almost called out your name. ❜
❛ I keep replaying that last moment over and over, hoping I’ll change it somehow. ❜
❛ I wasn’t trying to hurt you—I was trying to protect you. ❜
❛ I thought I could live without you. I was wrong. ❜
❛ You haunt every place I go. ❜
❛ I still sleep on your side of the bed sometimes. It’s pathetic, I know. ❜
❛ Don’t touch me. You lost that right the second you lied. ❜
❛ How long were you planning on keeping that from me? ❜
❛ You swore I could trust you. Was that a joke? ❜
❛ I’d rather you hate me than pity me. ❜
❛ You looked me in the eye and still lied. That’s what hurts the most. ❜
❛ I forgive you, but I’ll never forget. ❜
❛ I would’ve given you everything. And you knew that. ❜
❛ You made me feel safe. That’s the cruelest part. ❜
❛ You didn’t even flinch when you broke my heart. ❜
❛ Was any of it real, or was I just convenient? ❜
❛ I love you, but it’s killing me. ❜
❛ I’d rather hurt with you than heal without you. ❜
❛ You can’t save me, and I can’t stop wanting you to try. ❜
❛ You’re my favorite mistake. My worst decision. My only one. ❜
❛ It hurts to look at you, knowing what we lost. ❜
❛ We could’ve had everything. Why did we choose this instead? ❜
❛ You’re the reason I stopped believing in happy endings. ❜
❛ I don’t hate you—I wish I did. ❜
❛ Tell me you don’t love me anymore. Just… make it sound convincing. ❜
❛ Loving you feels like bleeding and pretending it’s beautiful. ❜
❛ It’s quiet now. Too quiet without you. ❜
❛ I don’t know how to stop missing you. ❜
❛ Sometimes I catch myself reaching for your hand. ❜
❛ You moved on. I’m still here, waiting for a ghost. ❜
❛ Maybe we were never meant to last. But god, I wanted to. ❜
❛ I saw you with them. And for a moment, I was happy you were smiling again. ❜
❛ You said I’d thank you one day. I’m still waiting for that day. ❜
❛ Every time I start to heal, you show up again. ❜
❛ Maybe we loved each other wrong. Maybe that’s all it was. ❜
❛ I hope you find the peace I couldn’t give you. ❜