You moved through your world
As if mine was only a faint reflection—
A dim outline you never cared to fill
I stood beside you
Unseen
A silent function in your bright machinery
You built your days like walls
And I pressed myself into the cracks
Trying to exist where no space was offered
My thoughts drifted toward you
But yours never returned
I became the convenient shape
The quiet solution
The useful presence you never truly saw
A story erased
A heartbeat muted
A human reduced to purpose
You called it closeness
But you never reached for my truth
You took the parts that served you
And left everything else untouched—
My memories
My battles
My fire
I became the convenient shape
The quiet solution
The useful presence you never truly saw
A story erased
A heartbeat muted
A human reduced to purpose
I tried to speak
But my voice disappeared into your indifference
You never heard the storm behind my ribs
Never felt the fracture growing
And now I step away
From the emptiness you crafted
Your ignorance no longer defines me
Your lack of empathy no longer holds me
I walk out of your blindness—
Not as a shadow
But as someone who finally sees
Themselves
I step into a wider place
Where my voice rises without permission
Where my thoughts are allowed to breathe
And my heart moves freely again
I carry forward the strength you never recognized
The quiet light you never cared to see
And with every step
The world grows larger
Brighter
More mine
