Sad Surprise
I didn’t see it happen.
That’s what I can’t shake off.
There wasn’t a day
I can go back to
and say--
that’s when things changed.
You were still there.
Same place, same voice.
We still talked.
We still leaned into the same space
like nothing was wrong.
But something was already off.
You started keeping things to yourself.
Not big things.
Just the usual stuff
you used to say without thinking.
I didn’t ask.
I took it as you being a little off,
or I was.
It didn’t feel serious.
That’s what makes it worse,
because now,
when I try to remember
how it ended.
There’s nothing to hold onto;
No argument, no final words.
Just a stretch of time
where you slowly
stopped reaching back,
And I didn’t notice
until I had already
gotten used to it.
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