Playing A Part, But Not Your Lead
By: Tyler Ross
Your silence says everything.
(Thanks again)
I now know I don’t mean anything
to you.
I’m in the way
and taking up space
where there’s a void
of something I can’t fill
or replace
for you,
to be
the person you’ve become that went from treating me
from something to nothing
as you grew further
from your actions and words
that kept me warm
when you kept cold inside
not speaking your mind
and wasting all this time.
When you could have stayed away
and saved your days,
for someone else or yourself.
I don’t understand
why you left me on the shelf
to collect this hurt.
Again and again,
dust turns into dirt
now under your shoes.
Nothing left to lose,
I gotta carry on
now you’re just old news
as I choose
a new place for me
and sew shut these wounds.
I’m more exposed
again wearing these blues
and it’s getting harder and harder
to trust when you’re constantly used.
Numb infused
and recovery gets easier.
I hate what I’ve been turned into.
Nothing.
