Backwards Emotions

I don’t miss you.
I don’t replay our memories.
I don’t scroll through our old photos.
I don’t still cry at night.
I don’t want to hold you again.
I don’t love you.
I don’t reread your messages just to feel close.
I don’t wonder if you ever think of me.
I don’t check your profile to see if you’re happy.
I don’t imagine you next to me when I sleep.
I don’t wish things were different.
I don’t pray for another chance.

Read that again, but remove “don’t.”

~KC