You Don’t Notice Change

It didn’t happen all at once

That’s why you didn’t see it

I stopped saying certain things

Stopped asking where you’d been

You thought I was just fine

I was learning how to leave

I still showed up like before

Still stood right by your side

But something shifted quietly

That I never tried to hide

It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t clear

It just disappeared

You don’t notice change

Till it’s too far gone

Till the way I look at you

Isn’t the same at all

You don’t notice change

When it’s slow like this

Now you’re trying to hold on

To something you missed

I stopped waiting on your calls

Stopped caring if you came

You thought it didn’t matter

But nothing stayed the same

I didn’t make a scene

Didn’t say goodbye

I just let it fade away

While you were standing by

You didn’t feel it at the start

Now you feel it fall apart

You don’t notice change

Till it’s too far gone

Till the way I look at you

Isn’t the same at all

You don’t notice change

When it’s slow like this

Now you’re trying to hold on

To something you missed

If I told you when it started

Would it make a difference now?

Or would you hear it differently

Just because it’s ending now?

You don’t notice change

Till it’s too far gone

Till I’m standing right here

But I’m already gone

You don’t notice change

Till it hits like this

Now you’re reaching for something

That doesn’t exist

It didn’t break… it just moved on

And you noticed when it was gone