《I WALKED AWAY》

I gave my time like I had too much.

Smiled for two, cried alone as such.

I don’t say much, but I feel too deep —

And loving in silence puts your soul to sleep.

I made trips with no return.

Promised always — let it burn.

But I learned you can’t hold on to people

When they only show up through detours and swerves.

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I leave before I’m left.

I break before I beg.

I run without looking back.

I don’t regret — I reset.

They never saw me right,

Only needed me once I was gone.

I’m the one who walks away…

But I was never really there for long.

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I don’t speak on it — I carry it.

They laugh loud, I bury it.

They take and I still give —

I’ve been surviving, not trying to live.

I came in soft, they called me weak.

Now I stay quiet — they quote when I speak.

I faded out so they’d see me clear,

But some people only notice once you disappear.

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You knew me in your light,

But I exist in the dark.

You touched me without seeing me —

Now you call it absence.

Nah. That was just the real me.

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It’s not revenge — it’s healing.

It’s not silence — it’s meaning.

I got lost to find myself,

But not in you. Not this time.

I’m the one who leaves.

But you’re the one who’ll stay…

Empty.

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They thought I was fragile.

I was just too real to fake it.