i hope my absence gives you the peace my love couldn't. i hope the silence where my words used to be feels like comfort instead of emptiness. i hope you start to grow in ways you couldn't when we were holding on too tightly to each other. i hope you remember who you were before me, and discover even more of yourself now that i'm gone. i may not be there to see you reach the dreams you once told me about, but i will still be rooting for you. so if my love was ever a burden, i hope it's a weight you no longer have to carry.