No Bitter Goodbyes

1. i still keep your secrets with me.
every single one. 
those that made your words lose its voice,
those that left your hands shaking
as you tried to catch them right after they
fell out of your mouth in the middle of the night.
i have kept them all.
safe. inside of me.

2. you were the first person 
who didn’t share my blood
to teach me about love.
i learnt everything good from you.
for a while, you starred
in every story i told.
for a while, you were
my second home.

3. now, i have moved out.
we both have.
there’s no bitterness left behind,
we keep the windows open
to let the past roam freely.
what we had lasted until it couldn’t
and the world doesn’t stop spinning for us,
we both know that.

4. i haven’t forgotten about you.
sometimes i find your laughter
in the middle of mine.  
i still keep your secrets with me
but they are old now.
your new ones are being stored 
safely inside of someone else.
and so are mine.