To You
I Remember What Happened
I remember what happened.
I remember the words you used. I remember where I was standing. I remember how quickly your face changed when someone else entered the room.
For a long time, your certainty was louder than my memory. You repeated your version until I began to distrust my own mind.
I do not anymore.
I do not need to argue every detail with you. I do not need a witness to make my experience real. I do not need to keep returning to the same conversation where you deny and I defend.
I remember.
That sentence is enough.
I remember the words you used. I remember where I was standing. I remember how quickly your face changed when someone else entered the room.
For a long time, your certainty was louder than my memory. You repeated your version until I began to distrust my own mind.
I do not anymore.
I do not need to argue every detail with you. I do not need a witness to make my experience real. I do not need to keep returning to the same conversation where you deny and I defend.
I remember.
That sentence is enough.
