fleeting echoes

 

u dreamt of them last night. it caught u off guard - how familiar it all felt, how easily the past slipped thru the cracks of ur mind and settled in like it never left. the smiles, the warmth, the way they looked at u.. it all felt so real, like time hadnt moved at all. and for a lil while, u let urself stay there, in dat quiet space where nothg had changed.

it’s been a while since u felt dat way - since somethg so small, so fleeting, cld shake the walls u’ve spent years building. u woke up wit dat strange, lingering ache, the kinda sits heavy in ur chest, not quite pain but not quite comfort either. a soft sadness. a familiar longing. the kind of feeling dat reminds u of who u used to be, of a time when thgs were simpler, or maybe jst when they made more sense.

u almost reached for ur phone, almost typed out a msg u knew u’d never send. but wat wld u even say? hey, i dreamt of u last night, and for a moment, i forgot we were jst a memory. no, u cldn’t. some thgs r better left unsaid. some ghosts r meant to stay in dreams. for those r the thgs dat meant the world to u, but they dun giv a shyte either. 

so, u shake it off. u gotta go about ur day. u gonna sip ur coffee, drown urself in distractions, pretend it was jst a silly dream and nothing more. 

but deep down, u know - u felt somethg. even if it was jst for a lil while.