Ghost of The Past

 He made you fall for him because he played the game better than you, a game you thought was an honest connection, and then he left you to pick up the pieces. Can you miss someone you truly never had? Yes you can, because it wasn't about possession, but about potential.

It was about the narrative your heart started to write before reality stepped in. He might have offered you a facade, but what you felt in your heart was real. I believe that's what hurts the most, not that he left, but this was his plan all along. To make you believe, to make you fall, just to disappear. That kind of scar leaves you wondering if you were worthy.

You miss the person you thought you were investing in. You built something beautiful and you continued to pour into something you thought was worthy of your time, attention, and love. You have the right to miss what you thought was real. He was pretending but you were honest. Your intentions were true, his were calculated. You miss the version of love you were ready to give and ready to embrace.

You can miss something you never had because you were holding space for him in your heart. Missing is also a part of healing. It means your heart is going through the process of learning the love that is real from the real that will only come in the form of pain.

With time, you'll stop yearning for the ghost of the past and honor the version of you that was brave enough to love. The scars will stay, but they will heal. Each scar will represent the beauty in discovering your true self, not in who stayed, but how deeply you were willing to feel, and how open you were to love knowing the risks. That bravery is yours, honor it.