"would you leave a note?"
Would you leave a note,
if the thought came not as thunder
but as a small rearrangement
of the furniture inside your chest—
or a shift you almost missed,
the way a room feels different
after someone has opened a window
and walked away.
Would you write anything down,
if the impulse wasn’t a flare
but a quiet reckoning—
the kind of list you make
when you’re not sure
what belongs to you anymore.
Some people imagine a letter
as a final declaration,
but maybe it’s closer
to a misplaced receipt:
a record of something
you once carried,
folded without ceremony,
left in a pocket
you stopped checking.
Or maybe the question itself
is the note—
the way it lingers,
the way it asks
for a witness,
the way it tries
to place a hand
on the moment
before it drifts.
Would you leave a note,
or would you simply
let the air hold it—
a thing left unsaid,
an unaddressed thing,
the small, persistent mark
that stays
even when nothing else does.
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Author:
crypticbard (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: I guess it’s different for everyone 🙏🏻🕊️
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Comments6
Those things unsaid that were not felt important. Unsaid words of love or even annoyances that latter develop into major impediments in a relationship. What would have been had they been aired at the time. A lovely write about things we feel unimportant and not worth saying. Loved it my friend
Glad it is likeable. Thanks dear friend, Soren🙏🏻🕊️
Most welcome my friend
very well arranged piece my friend
Many thanks dear friend🙏🏻🕊️
much enjoyed
They want me to write a note saying: I.O.U. $500 million. Or £500 million for U.K. lol.
£ do command a superior exchange rate, thank you 🙏🏻🕊️
I don't know. A thought provoking Write.
Arqios, this hit close to something difficult to name. I’ve known thoughts that arrive quietly rather than dramatically, and that made this especially hard to shake. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
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