Text You’ll Never See

Typed out a message
Deleted it fast
Thought of our future
Stuck in the past
Wrote "I miss you,"
Then hit backspace
No point in sending
You’re gone without trace

Every word I write
Is meant for the air
Still feels like talking
Even if you’re not there

It's a text you’ll never see
But I write it anyway
Just to feel a little close
To what you threw away

I scroll through threads
Where you said "forever."
Now I'm ghostwriting
To someone who never
Saved drafts piling
On a screen you won't check
Trying to say sorry
To a blank contact

Every word I write
Is meant for the air
Still feels like talking
Even if you’re not there

It's a text you’ll never see
But I write it anyway
Just to feel a little close
To what you threw away

These unsent words
Hold everything you missed
Another goodbye
Sent into the mist

It's a text you’ll never see
But I write it anyway
Just to feel a little close
To what you threw away