Almost

Almost may be the most painful word I have ever known.

Because it asks you to grieve something that was never fully yours.

I used to think the hardest things to lose were the things we had.

But sometimes,

it is the things we almost had

that stay with us the longest.

I could already see the quiet mornings.

The familiar laughter.

The comfort of no longer wondering.

Funny how the heart remembers a future

that never happened.