05 March 2026

We Almost Existed

The instances we didn't 
talk enough, and the way 
we haven't yet touched
each other.

The fact that our breaths 
haven't intermingled yet, 
and this place beside me
that already screams your 
absent presence-

A certain smell shall always 
reek of the forever distance 
between us and my un-kissed 
lips are gonna be forever 
hesitant to say your 
name aloud.

And the fact that we'll 
never meet and how I would 
be condemned to carry a 
certain silence in your shape-

Perhaps, I'm gonna press 
my ear against that 'quiet' 
every day, to hear,
every unanswered whisper 
that's gonna remind me-

"How we almost existed."