Playing A Part, But Not Your Lead

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.