You never knew, and maybe that’s for the best.
I used to convince myself it was just admiration, just friendship, just harmless but every time you smiled, my heart gave me away. You were the kind of person I could never stop looking at, even when I pretended not to care. I memorized your laugh like a song I couldn’t stop humming.
I don’t know what scared me more, the thought of telling you how I felt, or the thought that you might not feel the same.
So I said nothing. And in that silence, I lost a story that could have been ours.
Unsent Messages
1. I used to stay up just to see your “last seen” light up like it meant something.
2. You never noticed, but I remembered every word you said like it mattered more than it should.
3. I wanted to tell you, but I didn’t want to lose the version of you I already had.
4. I kept hoping you’d say something first that maybe you’d confess what I couldn’t.
5. You probably never realized you were my favorite part of every day.
6. Sometimes, I still write your name in my notes, like it means something only I understand.
7. I didn’t want to risk our silence, so I traded it for regret.
8. I told myself you were just a phase but some phases last forever.
9. You never broke my heart, but you still have it.
10. I think about what might’ve happened if I’d just said it and I hope, somewhere, you think about it too.
Closing Thoughts
You were never mine, but you still changed the way I understand love: gentle, quiet, unfinished.
I still wonder if you ever felt the same, even for a second. Maybe you did, and we were just too scared to say it. Or maybe I was the only one dreaming.
Either way, you’ll always be the secret I carry softly not as pain, but as proof that even silent love can still be beautiful.