đ Closing Note â After the Silence
If you have reached this page, it means you stayed.
Through the pauses. Through the memories. Through the quiet ache that sometimes returns when you least expect it.
Volume 2 was never about reopening wounds. It was about understanding them.
Broken friendships are a different kind of grief. There is no ceremony for them. No official goodbye. No one sends flowers when a friend leaves your life. And yet, the loss can feel just as heavy.
But here is what I hope you carry with you:
Not everyone who leaves was meant to stay forever. Not every ending is a failure. Not every distance is rejection.
Sometimes it is redirection. Sometimes it is protection. Sometimes it is growth that could not happen if you both remained the same.
If someone walked away from you, may you learn to walk toward yourself.
If you were the one who left, may you forgive yourself for choosing peace.
And if you are still in the middle of letting go, be patient. Healing is not dramatic. It is slow, quiet, and brave.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for feeling. Thank you for staying.
Until the next volumeâ may your circle become softer, smaller, and sincere.
â Verses & Vignettes âš