All I Ever Asked

I wasn’t asking for perfect

Just a little bit of truth

A place to land when life got hard

Someone I could run to

I gave you soft, I gave you strong

I gave up sleep to hold us on

And every time I thought we’d heal

You gave me one more scar to feel

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I forgave things I never told

Buried stories that still feel cold

I made excuses just to stay

While you gave pieces of us away

And I still can’t believe how deep

You let her see the side of me

The one I trusted you to keep

You handed out like it was cheap

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All I ever asked was to be safe with you

To not be the one left torn in two

To matter enough for you to choose

But I was always losing

And you were always loose

I never needed you to be a saint

But why’d you have to love me so faint?

Now I’m standing in the quiet night

With nothing left —

Not even fight

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I tried to talk, you shut me down

Said I was too much, spun it around

I screamed in silence just to cope

Still held your hand like it was hope

I gave you all the love I knew

But it just never reached through you

You saw me breaking every time

And said, “We’re fine” — like that was fine

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All I ever asked was to feel like home

But you left me crying all alone

I begged for answers, you gave deflects

I bled out trying to earn respect

I never needed you to fix it all

Just not to be the one to fall

But I’m here again in the sleepless night

With nothing left —

Not even fight

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If you ever loved me, don’t say it now

Don’t twist the knife, don’t ask me how

I got so small, I lost my spark

From giving light to someone dark

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All I ever asked was to be enough

But I was soft, and you needed rough

You fed your ego, you let me drown

Now I’m the ashes, you’re still around

I used to beg, now I’m too tired

No more burning in your fire

You took my voice, my tears, my light

And now I’m gone —

All out of fight