“They Stayed… But Disappeared”

We used to say love like it meant something
like saying it was enough

It wasn’t

The nights got longer
I stopped noticing
When you stopped touching me

You were still there
but not really

so many nights without your body
next to mine
And I kept pretending
It was normal
like people don’t leave
They just stay and disappear

I kept making space for you
You stopped needing it

I cried quietly
because even that
felt like too much

The room felt different
like it knew before I did

When did I lose you
Or did I just finally notice

I gave you everything
And you took it
like it didn’t belong
to me anyway

Now it’s quiet

And I don’t even know
If I miss you

or just the version of me
That thought I was loved