Yet sometimes, we don’t ever fully “get over it.” Not every love wraps up neatly with closure and a clean break. Some loves stay with us—in memory, in music, in the way we pause at a familiar scent or laugh at something only they would understand.
Sometimes it’s not even conscious, but when we meet someone new, we catch ourselves scanning for traces…
A tone you didn’t realize you missed. A certain look in the eyes.
Not because we haven’t moved on, but because parts of them settled quietly into how we recognize love now.
We move forward, yes.
We grow, heal, and even find new beginnings. “Getting over it” doesn’t always mean letting it go completely.
Sometimes, it just means learning how to carry the scars gently, without letting them define you.
It’s about finding a way to live with what it left behind and still choosing to move forward.
It’s easy for people to say, “Let go.”
But the truth is , you can let go and still feel this echo. You can forgive them and still miss them. You can accept the end and still carry a piece of what you shared.
We don’t always get closure in the form we want sometimes; we get clarity instead.
And that becomes its own kind of peace.
Because real love is rare and it doesn’t just vanish, it changes form.
It becomes a part of your story. Not the whole thing, but a chapter that’s hard to to forget.
Maybe it stays with us to remind us we’re capable of loving deeply.
That we can be moved or changed and that love, real love isn’t so easy to define.
It’s not always tidy or lasting, but it’s unpredictable.
And sometimes, that’s enough to leave mark that stays.
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