Messages I Left in the Dark

I wrote you again,

Same pain, just a different pen.

You’ll never read it, I already know,

But I had to bleed it, had to let it go.

I saved the draft, but never hit send,

Too afraid of where that road might end.

So I tuck it in my notes and scroll past,

Another message from a love that didn’t last.

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These are messages I left in the dark,

Typed out truth, then erased every part.

Said too much, then said nothin’ at all,

Held my peace when I wanted to call.

You won’t reply, and I won’t expect,

But I still send prayers through this disconnect.

Every word, every spark,

Are just messages I left… in the dark.

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Remember when we said we’d never fold?

Now your silence louder than anything told.

I still scroll back to your name sometimes,

Like pain got a pattern I can’t unwind.

I ain’t bitter — I’m just stuck on pause,

Still askin’ why without breakin’ laws.

Maybe I’m writin’ just to feel seen,

Or maybe I’m mournin’ what could’ve been.

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“Hey… I don’t even know if this makes sense.

I just needed to say it out loud.

Even if no one hears it but me.”

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These are messages I left in the dark,

Typed out truth, then erased every part.

Said too much, then said nothin’ at all,

Held my peace when I wanted to call.

Even if no light ever hits these lines,

At least they were real in my mind…

These messages I left… in the dark.