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The story ended. You closed the book. Walked out of the frame. And I just stood there— in the credits. Still speaking your name like it meant something. There were no more pages. No more lines. Just the echo of what we almost were. But I kept loving you anyway. Not the you I knew. The you I kept in the hollow between ribs. The version that stayed when you didn’t. I loved you after the ending. In whispers. In spaces. In soft denials I only spoke to pillows. You forgot my voice. I memorized yours by heart. Then buried it somewhere between guilt and lullabies. Time moved on. So did you. But I stayed in the doorway of that last scene— rewinding the moment you said nothing instead of everything. They say closure is a gift. But some of us never open it. We just carry it. Wrapped in silence. Tied with memories. Etched with every I love you we never got to finish.
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The story closed, the lights went low You left the stage, the curtains slow But I stayed there, beneath the dust Still whispering our lines in trust You moved on, but I remained Clinging to a love unnamed I loved you after the ending When no one else was listening Beyond the plot, past all the pain In silence, I spoke your name I wrote your name inside my skin Then buried it, and wore a grin They never saw the scenes I kept The words I cried while others slept No sequel came, no second act But I still trace the final track I loved you after the ending Long past the last pretending No curtain call, no final bow I love you more Than ever now
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