Every Word Touches My Heart

The old notebook in the drawer has a yellowed note on it, which is a reminder that I didn't dare to hand it out that summer. Later, when I met him at a class reunion, and there were smiling people standing next to him, I suddenly understood that some things like to stay in the throat and become a lifelong regret. Those unspoken "I like you", those appointments that you didn't keep, those goodbyes that you didn't have time to say, are all sealed in memory by time, and every time you look them up, they are filled with a little moist regret.