A Letter He Never Sent

To the girl who never knew… You probably never noticed. How my eyes found you, even in the busiest rooms. How my day felt complete with just one smile from you. How your voice could calm every noise inside me. I never told you I loved you. Not because I was afraid, but because I didn’t want to burden you with a love that expected nothing in return. I just wanted to be there. To make sure you had someone to talk to, even if it was about the smallest things. To be the one who noticed when you were not okay, even when everyone else believed your “I’m fine.” I still remember the day you said you liked blue. Since then, every shade of blue reminded me of you. I brought you coffee on your tired days, saved you the last piece of cake at office parties, and walked beside you when the world seemed too fast. You once asked me, “Why are you always so quiet?” I smiled, but never said it: Because words would’ve ne...