I Never Want to Leave This World Without Saying I Love You

I think about how fragile life really is—

how it slips between moments,

how days turn into memories

before we even realize we’re living them.

And it hits me:

I never want to move through this world

quietly holding back the one thing

that has always mattered most.

I never want to leave this place

without saying I love you.

Not because I’m planning on going anywhere,

not because I’m standing at any edge—

but because this life is unpredictable,

and the people who matter

deserve to hear the truth

while they’re still here to hold it.

I love you

in the simple ways,

the human ways—

in the way your voice steadies me,

in the way your presence softens the noise,

in the way something inside me

finally feels understood.

I love you

in the ways I’ll never say out loud enough—

in the small gratitude between heartbeats,

in the quiet comfort of knowing

you exist in the same world as me.

If today were ordinary

or extraordinary,

if it were the first day

or the last—

I’d still want you to know.

So hear it now,

in case time gets away from me again:

I love you.

Not as a goodbye,

but as a promise

to speak the truth

while it still has the chance

to reach you.