If I had Known

 if i had known

you were a season,

not a forever,

i’d have worn a jacket,

not stripped down to skin

i wouldn’t have sent

late night voice notes

or rewound your texts

just to feel your tone

echo in my head

i would’ve ghosted

before we turned

real

locked the gate

to the softest parts of me

hid the playlist

the poems

the version of me

you’ll never see again

i wouldn’t have handed you

the map

to places even i

was still discovering

i would’ve kept my jokes shallow

my glances brief

my truths half-told

my heart,

unposted

but here we are

me, empty inbox

you, unread memories

and all i can think is

if i had known

you were leaving,

i’d have never let you in

but damn,

how sweet it was

not knowing.