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Too soon
<p>Dear you,</p><p>I'm sorry...</p><p>you couldn't become</p><p>the man I prayed for</p><p>until after</p><p>I stopped praying for us.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_5847.jpeg"/><br/></p><p>One day,<br/></p><p>she'll watch you</p><p>stop an argument</p><p>before it becomes a wound.</p><p>She'll never know</p><p>I spent years</p><p>begging you</p><p>to lower your voice</p><p>and hear mine.</p><p>She'll think</p><p>your patience</p><p>came naturally.</p><p>She'll never know</p><p>it had to grow somewhere.</p><p>She'll see you</p><p>say,</p><p>"I'm sorry."</p><p>before your pride</p><p>has time</p><p>to interrupt.</p><p>She'll never understand</p><p>why hearing those words</p><p>would have brought</p><p>an older version of me</p><p>to tears.</p><p>And that's okay.</p><p>There are parts of you</p><p>she deserves to know</p><p>without first meeting</p><p>the versions</p><p>that broke us both.</p><p>I hope</p><p>you love her</p><p>the way</p><p>I always imagined</p><p>you could.</p><p>I hope</p><p>you notice</p><p>when her smile</p><p>is hiding something.</p><p>I hope</p><p>you reach for her hand</p><p>before she has to ask.</p><p>I hope</p><p>you become</p><p>everything</p><p>I always saw</p><p>inside you.</p><p>Not because</p><p>I wasn't enough...</p><p>but because</p><p>sometimes</p><p>people bloom</p><p>in seasons</p><p>they were never meant</p><p>to share with us.</p><p>I'll find love too.</p><p>Someone</p><p>who won't have to be taught</p><p>how to choose me.</p><p>Someone</p><p>whose love</p><p>doesn't feel like</p><p>a language</p><p>I'm constantly translating.</p><p>And I'll be happy.</p><p>I really will.</p><p>I hope</p><p>you are too.</p><p>But I wonder...</p><p>years from now...</p><p>when she's asleep</p><p>beside you,</p><p>and he's breathing softly</p><p>next to me...</p><p>will we ever</p><p>cross each other's minds?</p><p>Not with regret.</p><p>Not with longing.</p><p>Just...</p><p>with gratitude</p><p>for the people</p><p>who loved us</p><p>before we became</p><p>easy to love.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_5849.jpeg"/><br/></p><p>So if there is<br/></p><p>another life...</p><p>find me</p><p>before fear does.</p><p>Find me</p><p>before timing</p><p>gets it wrong.</p><p>Find me</p><p>when we're still strangers</p><p>with hearts</p><p>that haven't learned</p><p>how to leave.</p><p>And maybe...</p><p>we'll finally get</p><p>the story</p><p>this lifetime</p><p>couldn't give us.</p><p>You'll smile.</p><p>I'll smile back.</p><p>And you'll say,</p><p>"I've been waiting for you."</p><p>I'll take your hand...</p><p>and answer,</p><p>"I know."</p>
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