When the tides nor the tears return anymore...

When the tide no longer returns, and tears are dried up...let the healing begin with forgiveness and release.

They speak of you now,

not because they remember clearly,

but because they forgot too soon.

They whisper your name into places you no longer visit,

hoping echoes will do what presence once did.

But you didn’t leave to punish.

You left to preserve...

your tenderness, your time, your truth.

You stopped knocking on doors that only opened halfway.

And even that… took everything.

Because you loved them.

You really, deeply, truly did.

Enough to show up again and again,

even when the silence on their end

grew louder than your voice.

Enough to forgive the absence of effort,

until your own heart ran out of room to shrink, and the emotions turned into vapor and memories dusted beyond time.

Now they linger with your name,

not just in nostalgia,

but mostly in longing.

For that warm message,

For that bright laughter,

For that affectionate hug,

For the carefree banter...

A longing for the version of you

that stayed this long,

hoped too much,

and asked for so little.

Let them speak.

Let them feel.

But let them first,

reflect and heal.

Not every word needs a reply.

Not every memory needs correcting,

Not every wave needs a surfing.

Their stories of you are their way of holding on,

to a feeling they didn’t know how to name

when you were still close enough to feel it.

And you?

You’re not bitter.

You're not resentful.

You’ve just grown.

You’ve learned that peace sometimes costs connection.

That not all goodbyes are spoken,

some are just lived quietly,

until it’s clear the waves won’t return.

So pause gently,

and smile softly...

not just for them,

but for the version of you that tried.

That stayed through all,

That gave it all.

But put those warm feelings,

Now in a cold emotional grave.

And then again,

You bless them so.

Not with your return,

but with your release.

Because there is no greater grace

than walking away

without taking love back.

#Shailosophy

#EmotionalGrowth

#LettingGoWithGrace

#SilentGoodbyes

#HealingThroughDistance

#PeaceOverProof

#LoveWithoutReturn