Dear Ghost of What Was,
You used to visit without warning.56Please respect copyright.PENANAplwrkIAOVE
In the middle of silence,56Please respect copyright.PENANAqr3UTIDk56
in the crack of a laugh,56Please respect copyright.PENANAWS0nsiTYAM
in the scent of something familiar—56Please respect copyright.PENANAicNGSA0uIo
you'd come flooding back,56Please respect copyright.PENANAqkG4GqB5Om
uninvited but all-consuming.
I let you stay longer than I should have.56Please respect copyright.PENANAs9WNgm033i
I made a home out of you,56Please respect copyright.PENANAfgwg0lJgx6
thinking grief was loyalty56Please respect copyright.PENANApmvayYVZjs
and pain was proof that I once mattered.
But memories aren't meant to be cages.56Please respect copyright.PENANA09IfoaSYsd
And you, for all your weight,56Please respect copyright.PENANAQL2d4LZ51k
taught me something important:56Please respect copyright.PENANAMgAsUBwTzD
how to let go without needing to forget.
You were a chapter I once reread,56Please respect copyright.PENANAYSBpvBVkx3
hoping for a different ending.56Please respect copyright.PENANA4hDj45oUTp
But now I've learned: closure isn't always loud.56Please respect copyright.PENANAOyktwE0256
Sometimes, it's a quiet release.56Please respect copyright.PENANA2GjKy27Wtl
A whisper of: I lived through you,56Please respect copyright.PENANANyl5ua5nIg
but I am not you anymore.
I will no longer water wilted things.56Please respect copyright.PENANA8XsGJtPGzw
No longer chase versions of myself56Please respect copyright.PENANAfuXtLH65Kr
I've already outgrown.
So this is my final letter to you.56Please respect copyright.PENANACwpifyRkId
Not out of bitterness—56Please respect copyright.PENANASAW2fUMv1N
but out of love for the person I am now.
I carry your lessons, not your shadows.
Goodbye gently,56Please respect copyright.PENANA6MGMjaYeDH
—The One Who Chose Peace
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