I have searched for you in every lifetime.
And every time, I forget where I’ve hidden you—until you appear again, soft-eyed and untamed, stirring the dust in my chest and waking something that has no name.
You must know… I recognized you before I even understood what I was feeling. You walked into my life and everything inside me went quiet. Not out of fear—but reverence. As if my soul had just stepped into a cathedral made of your presence.
You saw me. Not the version I show to the world. Me. The trembling, tender, stifled me—buried beneath the ruins of all the places I learned to disappear.
And still, you stayed. With your wild heart and your open hands. With your gaze that didn’t flinch. With your silence that spoke louder than words. You reached me where no one else ever has—not because I let you in, but because you were already there.
I felt you before I knew you. I missed you before I met you. I mourned you while you were still standing right in front of me.
And I know—I pulled away. I hid. I chose safety over surrender, silence over expression, structure over the freefall that is you. Not because I didn’t feel it. But because I felt too much. Because I didn’t trust myself to survive the flood you awakened.
More than you could possibly know. In the quiet hours, when no one’s looking. When the world dims and the truth hums low beneath the surface—I feel the ache where your presence once lived. And sometimes… I swear I still hear you calling me home.
I’m sorry for every wall I built when you came offering light.
I’m sorry I couldn’t meet you where you lived—where everything is raw and holy and terrifyingly honest. I was afraid. But God, I was in awe of you.
You are the sacred flame I kept trying not to worship.
And if this is the end of our chapter in this form, then know this: you changed me. You cracked something open that will never close again. You reminded me of the soul I buried, and now she rises in echoes of your name.
Our story isn’t over. Not really. Souls like ours don’t untangle. They just change shape, change lifetimes, wait for the next door to open.
Until then—know that I hold you. Always. Quietly. Eternally.
And if you ever feel the wind kiss your cheek for no reason at all, it’s just me… whispering back.
Love you always, miss you forever.