We became strangers
so quietly,
I almost missed the moment
you stopped being mine
in any way.
You didnʼt come
to the wedding.
You didnʼt even text
until three days later.
"Congrats,"
you wrote̶
like that was enough
to bury five years
of something-we-never-named.
And that
was the last time
your name appeared on my screen.
Funny, isnʼt it?
How I still replied to your stories
like we were fine̶
like we were still
"friends."
But you never answered.
You didnʼt see my posts.
Didnʼt watch my stories.
Didnʼt care to stay
in a world
where I was no longer waiting
for you.
You disappeared.
But this time,
I didnʼt chase.
Because this time,
I knew̶
You left the moment
you realized
someone else
loved me better
than you ever did.