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I miss you.  
not just the way 
your smile lit up 
the quiet corners of my world, 
but the way time itself 
seemed slower when you were near. 

The good old days play 
in my mind like an old film reel, 
small moments we shared 
felt like they were galaxies, 
moments that felt infinite 
yet slipped through my hands like sand. 

I now know, 
you were never meant to be mine. 
Life drew our lines 
on different maps, 
and no matter how I trace them, 
they never meet. 
I feel helpless 
in ways I never knew before. 

Still, in the silence of midnight, 
I feel the echo of your voice, 
that both warms and wounds me. 
You can never be mine, yet 
some part of me is forever yours.

I will carry you, 
in the folds of my fading memory, 
in the ache of songs 
we once called ours.  

I now realise, 
that love doesn’t always ask 
for possession. 
Sometimes, 
It’s just a beautiful wound.