The People Who Leave, and the Time That Doesn't Wait

Time doesn't ask.
it moves.
Whether you're ready or not,
Whether your heart has healed or not.

people leave.
some with goodbyes,
some in silence,
and some while still sitting right beside you.

And we?
we carry them.
in memories, in old songs,
in the scent of a winter morning
that reminds you of a someone
you don't talk to anymore.

Life teaches you-
that not everyone is meant to stay.
some are lessons.
some are soft warnings.
and some are gifts wrapped in pain.

but what time also teaches is this:
you survive.
you grow.
you begin to love again,
trust again,
and dream,
even after everything fell apart once.

Time may not wait,
but it does heal-
not by erasing the past,
but by teaching us
how to live with it gently.