If Only

If only you had asked me, just once to stay, to hold on, to try. I would have fought the doubts, swallowed the pain, let love bleed me dry. Just a word, a plea, even hollow, even small Even a little whisper that barely meant at all But you never spoke, you let me go And, that perhaps, still hurts the most. I wish your fingers had clung to mine, shaking, refusing to break away. I wish your voice had cracked on "stay" but wishes mean nothing today. You let me go like i was nothing, Like i was weightless on your hands. Not a whisper, not a tremor, no desperate plea to make me stand. The pain of leaving shattered me, but staying in silence burned much worse. Still, I would have endured it all every sleepless night, every curse. Only if you had asked me once.. Now the voices haunt me, whispering truths I cannot bear that your love was shallow, words were hollow, that you didn’t really care. And though you were the greatest thing that ever happened in my days, I find myself still wishing now, that we had never crossed our ways. — 05/03/2025