Love Without Having
"Do you love him?"
"I don't know... but every time I decide not to talk to him, my eyes fill with tears."
"But he can't be part of your life."
"I know."
Pause.
"I'm not waiting for him."
"Then what is it?"
"...I just can't stop caring."
Silence.
No promises.
No future.
Just a feeling that refuses to leave even when everything else already has.
And maybe that's the hardest
kind of love the one that stays...
even when the person
can't.
"Do you love him?"
"I don't know... but every time I decide not to talk to him, my eyes fill with tears."
"But he can't be part of your life."
"I know."
Pause.
"I'm not waiting for him."
"Then what is it?"
"...I just can't stop caring."
Silence.
No promises.
No future.
Just a feeling that refuses to leave even when everything else already has.
And maybe that's the hardest
kind of love the one that stays...
even when the person
can't.