We held each other too close
Until the weight began to cut
What once felt safe between us
Became the place we broke
We knew where to press and pull
And how to hurt without a fight
Even when we came back
We stood on cracks, not ground
It was my birthday, candles lit
You waited for the quiet
And said the words so simply
Like you’d rehearsed them twice
There was cake and someone laughing
But none of it felt real
You walked out through the evening
As if nothing had been sealed
I never wished to take you back
Or change what came that night
But I still ask the silence
Why that day felt right
Time keeps its steady rhythm
No answer in the noise
But now and then it lingers
Then leaves me with the void
