How can I better convey the idea of "message sent"?

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Currently, I am designing a mobile screen where the user can send a message to their friends.

In order to show that their message has been sent, the upper right hand corner check-mark goes from black to a greyed out double check-mark (i.e. from a pressable button to a non-pressable icon).
However, I am not really that happy with this design – I feel that it is not intuitive enough. I am wondering what I can do to improve it and better convey the idea of "message sent" to the user.
CLARIFICATION EDIT:
I have already used ✗ to represent "back/cancel", ✓ to represent "okay/confirm", and ✓✓ to represent "message read" - in other parts of my application design. Also this is not mean't to be a modal popup.

Scott · Answer

Keeping it simple, and without any actual text....
...a black, right-pointing, arrow (intuitively meaning "next")...
...... and a grey check mark (intuitively meaning "done")...

Although.. I'd also maybe want to alter the text at the top and screen that back as well....

As for "other areas" outlined in the question.. I'd change the "message read" from √√ to simply √. If an "unread" icon is needed, then an empty square or circle.

How can I better convey the idea of "message sent"?

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