There’s something about words left unsaid that’s unsettling. For an over-thinker like myself, words will circle around for what seems like forever. Conversations that ended abruptly, words I should have said but didn’t think of fast enough in the moment.
But something I’ve learned to do (and perhaps this will help you too) is to write it down. Even if it never goes anywhere. It’s a way to get rid of that energy that circles the mind with nowhere to go. Control the narrative and give it some place to rest. Who knows, maybe those unspoken words will end up in your next book or maybe they just become a time capsule of where you used to hold feelings. Either way, it’s one way I’ve found to make peace with those loose ends.