06 June 2026

Things I imagine when you stopped talking

Maybe your mother found out, 
but she already knew. 
Or maybe your brother found it
through her, and he created 
a ruckus? But it wouldn't be 
this serious, ain't it? 

Or maybe your dad found out 
and locked you in your room.
snatched away your mobile, 
cut your Wi-Fi, and made you 
swear on your mother's life,
to make you stop talking to me.

Well, hell, am I overthinking? 
Maybe I do, but what if that 
sneaky little friend of yours hit it 
off and you fell in his groove? 
Maybe you both are a thing now 
and that's why you withdrew. 

But you wouldn't stoop so low, 
would you? It feels like a stretch
to assume something like that.
but I can't stop thinking about 
the possibilities. 

What about that toxic BFF of 
yours? Did she spew any venom 
against me? Or your therapist 
warned you against staying close 
to me because you got 
daddy issues? Maybe yes. 
Maybe no. 

And that makes me come to 
the last option, which is the 
never-ending mess that is me. 
I look deep within myself to see 
if I was the problem all along. 
It's a scare to be honest.

But maybe that's the simplest 
explanation. Maybe I was not 
a safe harbour and you had 
to sail your ship. 

But I have a duty to protect 
myself too. So I pack my 
obsession to find closure.
sink in all the reasons and 
justifications beneath the sea,
to take deep breaths that
are seasoned in sadness.

Ohh how wonderful it is to
stare at the setting sun. 
The sunset from an empty harbour 
was always a spectacle, I guess. 
Maybe somewhere you are 
doing the same, I guess.

Maybe you're more relieved.
Or maybe you're heartbroken.
Or perhaps you're too busy 
deciding what to order for dinner.
I wouldn't know. 
Maybe I wouldn't want to 
know this time. 

Maybe that's closure, or maybe 
One doesn't actually find it.
But in the process, maybe one 
simply grows tired of carrying 
questions that refuse to 
become answers.