Second body

I turned down the parts you didn’t like

Made myself small just to fit inside

All your half-made promises and quiet nights

Thought maybe you’d see me if I got it right

But I don’t even recognize

The version of me that smiled that wide

I was just your second body

The one that didn’t ask for much

Softened every edge I had

So you wouldn’t think to run

You didn’t ask, but I still bent

'Til I forgot who I was then

I was just your second body

And I miss the first again

I talked less so you’d stay close

Let you ghost me when I needed most

Told myself it was enough to feel

But I don’t know what’s fake or real

But I don’t even recognize

The version of me that smiled that wide

I was just your second body

The one that didn’t ask for much

Softened every edge I had

So you wouldn’t think to run

You didn’t ask, but I still bent

'Til I forgot who I was then

I was just your second body

And I miss the first again

You didn’t break me

But you never held me right

Now I’m trying to fit back

Into a skin that’s still too tight

I was just your second body

And maybe that’s on me

But I’m done being someone else

Just so you don’t have to leave