Comfort Zone

You left a mark.

I still smile.

But I won’t live in the in-between.

You were a spark in a quiet week,

A warm light, but you wouldn’t speak.

Close enough to feel your heat,

Too far to ever meet me deep.

I saw the parts you hide from touch,

The “I’m fine” that says too much.

I wanted growth, you wanted calm,

I wanted truth, you wanted “don’t.”

Still… when your name comes on my phone,

My heart remembers you as gold.

You move like summer, then you freeze,

One step forward, two steps back to peace.

I can’t be the place you disappear,

I can’t love a shadow into here.

Stay in your comfort zone—

I’ll take my love and go.

You made me smile, you made me strong,

But I won’t wait where I don’t belong.

Stay in your comfort zone—

I’ll keep the good, let go.

You left a mark under my skin,

But I’m not living half-way in.

You taught me calm in crowded days,

A softer kind of brave.

I learned my worth in the space you gave,

And in the space you couldn’t save.

I think I changed you just a little too,

Showed you what real closeness can do.

I won’t blame you for the walls you built,

But I won’t turn my life to guilt.

If love is work, I’m not afraid—

But you never clocked in, you never stayed.

And I still laugh when I replay

The way you looked at me that day.

Bittersweet is still a taste

I don’t regret, I just replace.

Stay in your comfort zone—

I’ll take my love and go.

You made me smile, you made me strong,

But I won’t wait where I don’t belong.

Stay in your comfort zone—

I’ll keep the good, let go.

You left a mark under my skin,

But I’m not living half-way in.

If you ever choose the hard way,

If you ever learn to stay—

You know where honest love begins…

Not in fear, not in “maybe,” not in thin.

Stay in your comfort zone—

I’ll take my love and go.

I’ll keep the smile you gave to me,

And pick a love that picks me.