fluent in almost

she said
you’re safe here

but her body
was already leaving

you mistook silence
for care

absence
for space

you gave
she watched

you waited
she drifted

she asked for nothing
and took everything

you apologized
before feeling

you stopped asking
called it growth

you became fluent
in almost

she called it
peace

you said yes
even when it
sounded like leaving yourself

she said
don’t take this
the wrong way

you learned
there is no right way
to need

she left the door open
just enough

you stayed
for the version of you
she almost saw

you called it love
because naming it
would break you

she said
i never promised

you nodded
still holding
the echo

you don’t ask now
but you still listen

you know
where safe does not live