I don’t say it out loud anymore
Your name fits better this way
No capital letters in my mouth
No reason to emphasize
It used to stop my breathing
Every time it showed
Now it’s just another word
I happen to know
I don’t flinch when I hear it
In someone else’s tone
It doesn’t pull me under
It just feels known
Your name in lowercase
Still readable, still there
It doesn’t start my sentences
It just ends a thought somewhere
No punctuation, no sound
No echo when it’s said
Your name in lowercase
Lying quietly in my head
Old texts sleep in folders
I never open now
Time erased the urgency
But left the shape somehow
I don’t rewrite the memories
I don’t correct the past
I let it stay unpolished
Like a sentence that didn’t last
I don’t underline the pain
I don’t circle the truth
I stopped making meaning
Out of missing you
Your name in lowercase
No weight inside my chest
It doesn’t call me back anymore
It just exists
No question marks attached
No reason to explain
Your name in lowercase
Soft on my brain
Maybe love was uppercase
When it needed to be loud
Now it’s small and readable
Blending in the crowd
Your name in lowercase
I don’t change it back
It doesn’t ask for saving
It doesn’t attack
If I ever say it again
It won’t shake the ground
Your name in lowercase
And I’m calm now
Just letters
No storm