you and i shouldn't have met or you shouldn't lied

maybe you don't end up with the person your heart chooses

maybe that's not how life works 

maybe you don't get what you want 

maybe you end up finding what you need 

and maybe the universe knows what you need more than you do 

maybe love changes 

maybe it goes from "i'll wait up and call you after work" to "i'm going to sleep, i'm tired."

maybe it goes from "you have nothing to worry about " to "i really wish you didn't overthink so much"

maybe it goes from "i choose you" to "I have to choose myself right now"

maybe love isn't one of those things that grows with certain people

maybe you become too big for it

maybe it becomes too uncomfortable, too small for who you change into 

maybe it's like that sweater you always loved growing up or you childhood bed 

you learn to appreciate it for what it was, but you come to terms with the fact that you have outgrown it

you learn to let it go 

and maybe letting go of love isn't some loud celebration at the end of a dark tunnel 

maybe letting go is the moment you decide that you can no longer keep the past alive inside of you 

maybe it is quiet, maybe there is no checklist or way of telling if it has actually