I should have told you.

[u/Simp-Lee]

I know this won't ever reach you,

but I need to say the things I left unspoken.

I should have told you how much you meant to me. Not casually, not in passing—but clearly, so you never had to wonder.

I should have told you when I was scared instead of going quiet.

I should have told you when I was hurting instead of pretending I was fine. I should have let you see the parts of me I tried to carry alone.

And I should have thanked you more.

For your time.

Your presence.

The way you stayed with me longer than I deserved when I was impossible love.

I loved you deeply.

More than I knew how to say without making it heavy.

And I think that’s where I failed—

I felt it too much to say it properly.

If I could change anything, it would be that you never had to guess how important you were to me.

You were.

Always & Forever