The Unforgettables
10/4/2026
“Listen…”
“Yes…”
“Do you think I’ll become unforgettable?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Because I want to mean something.”
“You already do.”
“But what if, one day, they forget me?”
“They might.”
“…That easily?”
“Not easily.”
“Then how?”
“People carry so many things inside them.”
“Like what?”
“Places they had to leave.
Words they never said.
People they could not stay with.
Days they wish they could return to.”
“…So what happens to the people they once loved?”
“They become part of the weight they learned to carry.”
“Weight?”
“Yes.”
“That sounds sad.”
“Maybe it is.”
“Then I don’t want to be a weight in anyone’s heart.”
“You won’t be.”
“How do you know?”
“Because some memories are not meant to be carried every day.”
“…What happens to them then?”
“They become quiet.”
“Quiet?”
“Like an old song you haven't heard in years…”
“…but still know when it plays?”
“Exactly.”
“So they may forget my name?”
“Maybe.”
“My voice?”
“Maybe.”
“The little things?”
“Some of them.”
“…Then what remains?”
“The feeling.”
“What feeling?”
“That once, somewhere in their life, there was someone who made the world feel a little different.”
“…Is that enough?”
“I think it has to be.”
“Even if I become a distant memory?”
“Some of the most beautiful things in our lives are.”
“…Then I don’t need to be unforgettable?”
“No.”
“What do I need to be?”
“Real, while you are there.”
“…Can I sit with you for a while?”
“Of course.”
“Will you mind if I don’t say anything?”
“Not at all.”
“…What about a coffee?”
“Yes…”
“You need one?”
“I think I do.”
“Then come on.”
“Where?”
“Let’s make one.”
“…Together?”
“Together.”