You said it so calm
Like it wasn’t worth raising your voice
Like our whole life together
Was just background noise
You didn’t blink, didn’t shake, didn’t pause
I fell apart
You fixed your hair, checked your watch
I stood there breaking open
And you walked away
Like love was never something you believed in anyway
What kind of love was that?
Where you can end it and still sleep
Was I the only one who meant any of it?
Did you just play house while I built a home?
You said I was too much
Maybe you were too little
Maybe love was always this brittle
I don’t know if you ever loved me
You buried it fast
And I’ve been living under the weight of it
I crossed a line, I won’t lie
But somewhere deep inside
I knew I was starving
For something you never gave
For a moment I felt wanted
Not loved, not seen, just noticed
A heartbeat faking meaning
A desperation in my chest
You didn’t just leave
You aimed to ruin me
Even your silence had teeth
You said I overreact
Said I was impossible to love
Said I’d die alone
You never promised forever
But you promised more than that
You promised love
And I bent until I broke to keep it
I carry your silence in my chest
Sleep with the blame pressed into my breath
No anger, no tears, just nothing
God help me
You called me dramatic
You laughed at my pain
You knew what you were doing
You said things to break me
And it worked
Love was a switch
On when you wanted
Off when I needed it
If I was too much
You should’ve let me go
If this is love, I don’t want it
If this is what it does, don’t bring it back
You said I was too much
But all I ever did was show up
I’m done apologizing
For wanting to be loved
If you can’t see the one still standing here
Then maybe you never saw me at all
You said I was too much
Too emotional, too loud, too intense
But now I know the truth
You were too empty to hold me