Unsent Letters

You Were the Reason I Started Smiling Again

Beynaam Writes

19 Jun 2025 — 2 min read

I remember the first time we started talking.
It didn’t feel like a big moment. Just a message. A sentence. Maybe a question. But for some reason, it changed something in me.

"You were the reason I got my laugh back."

Not the kind of laugh you force in conversations or type out with emojis. A real one. One that comes from deep inside, from a place that had been quiet for too long.
I didn’t even realize how much I missed laughing—until you made it easy again.

"I started falling asleep with a smile on my face."

Not because you were saying all the right things. You didn’t have to. You were just there. Consistently. Kindly. With no expectations.
And somehow, that made me feel safe.

In a world that often feels too loud or too cold, you were a pause. A soft space. Somewhere I didn’t have to pretend.
And that was enough.

"You never promised to fix me.
You never tried to."

You just made life feel a little lighter. Like maybe I could breathe again. Like I didn’t have to carry everything on my own.

I slowly started picking up the pieces I’d left behind.
Writing again. Smiling at the mirror.
Getting out of bed for more than just surviving the day.

"You were the reason I started feeling alive again."

And the weird thing is... I don’t think you ever knew.
You were just being yourself.

Somewhere along the way, it stopped being just about late-night chats or random memes. It became a feeling I can’t explain.
A connection that didn’t need labels.

I don’t know what we are now.
Maybe nothing. Maybe something that ended before it really began.
But this much I know—you mattered.