Unread, Unsent, Unforgotten

I found the folder deep in my mail
Titled your name, like a private trail
Drafts I wrote but never sent
Each line a truth I never bent
You were the "maybe" I couldn't brave
The message I just couldn't save
But every word still burns so clear
Even now, when you're not near

Some nights I read them, just to bleed
A part of me you'll never read

Unread, unsent, unforgotten
Your name still lives where I've left it rotten
Words I folded and sealed in fear
Still whisper loud when you're not here
I wrote you love in a borrowed tone
But left it buried, mine alone
Unread, unsent, unforgotten
A truth too late, a heart begotten

Your photo's tucked behind a screen
Still smiling in a half-seen dream
You moved on, I stayed behind
In versions of us I still rewind
I typed "I miss you," then pressed erase
Afraid to crowd your better place
But silence always finds a way
To echo all we didn't say

And every line I left behind
Still speaks what I could never find

Unread, unsent, unforgotten
Each word a thread I never caught in
I held the "send" like it might break
Afraid to give, afraid to take
I loved you through a paper screen
In drafts that stayed forever between
Unread, unsent, unforgotten
The almosts I still haven't gotten

If you ever find one by mistake
Will you know which lines were real, or fake?
I tried to say it soft and true
But the brave one in the story... wasn't you

Unread, unsent, unforgotten
The lines I meant, the ones time's rotten
No stamp, no click, no final thread
Just love that never got to spread
I wrote you more than I could show
And maybe that's the letting go
Unread, unsent, unforgotten
But always yours... whether you want them