Something Shifted

I didn’t plan this.

It just… moved.

I used to wait for your name to light up,

Now the silence says more than you do.

You showed up late like it should still matter,

Like I didn’t already carry this through.

I raised my voice, yeah, I know I did,

But it wasn’t noise — it was weight.

Funny how you only heard me

When I finally snapped the plate.

I don’t need excuses dressed as truth,

I needed you before I broke.

Something shifted, I felt it crack,

The moment I stopped expecting you back.

I’m not angry like I was before,

I’m just not standing at the door.

You can say you’re trying now,

You can finally show up somehow,

But something shifted — can’t you tell?

I don’t reach for you as well.

You say I’m right, you don’t argue anymore,

Like surrender fixes the past.

But agreement after absence

Always comes a little too fast.

I didn’t want to fall out,

Didn’t want this space to grow,

But I can’t unsee the pattern

Once my body learned to know.

I hate that it hurts,

But I hate pretending more.

Something shifted, I felt it slide,

When I realised I’d already tried.

I’m not asking you to change,

I just stopped playing the same game.

You can do the things I asked,

Five minutes late, moving fast —

But something shifted, it’s already gone,

I learned how to carry on.

I don’t hate you.

That’s the truth.

It’s worse than that —

I just outgrew the version of us

Where I had to shout to be seen.

Something shifted, I didn’t choose,

It happened the moment I stopped excusing you.

I can be civil, I can be kind,

But I can’t rewind my mind.

You said goodnight, I let it sit,

Because I don’t know where “normal” fits.

Something shifted — and maybe that’s me

Finally choosing honesty.