Leaves on the sidewalk crack
Under shoes that aren’t yours
I thought I’d be stronger by now
But I still pause at your door
October moves like a question
Nobody wants to ask
We don’t talk about what happened
We just call it the past
You said we both did our best
I nodded like I agreed
Some truths don’t sound like lies
But still cut deep
These are the things we lost quietly
No goodbye no sound
Just love turning into memory
Somewhere between then and now
We didn’t break we faded
Like colors in the rain
These are the things we lost quietly
And never named
Your sweater still smells like smoke
And nights that never healed
I tried giving it back to you
But you said “keep it”
We grew careful with our words
Like glass on the floor
Autumn teaches you slowly
What you can’t ignore
You said “life keeps moving”
I said “yeah I know”
But I still measure time
By what we don’t say anymore
These are the things we lost quietly
Between sorry and fine
The way you looked at me
Like I was running out of time
We didn’t fight we vanished
Like warmth in the air
These are the things we lost quietly
Because we cared
Some endings don’t feel like endings
Just rooms you stop returning to
These are the things we lost quietly
Still heavy in my chest
I don’t miss who we were at the end
I miss who we almost were at our best
Quietly
We let it go