Lost Echoes

“I’m Okay.”

I don’t ache the way I used to.
Your name no longer shakes my hands.

I sleep fine.
I laugh louder.
I’ve learned how to be whole on my own.

But sometimes, in the quiet—
I remember.

Not with sadness.
Not with regret.

Just with gratitude
for the version of me
that once loved you so honestly.

— Lost Echoes