[ Featuring Gerald Green ]
Mmm...
Not every echo deserves an answer
Not every bond deserves rebirth
Some things just need stillness...
I wasn't lookin' for your claps, your nods, your flowers
I just needed quiet from the echo of our hours
You read the words, tried to skate past the depth
Called it pretty-like you ain't hear what's left
You ain't want truth-you want comfort dressed in gold
But I shed my softness where your silence took hold
You had the mirror, but feared the frame
So I stepped out the room-no guilt, no shame
I wrote for the version of you that never arrived
Now I sing for the version of me that survived
I wasn't lookin' for praise, I was reachin' for peace
A soft place to land, not a hand that retreats
I gave you storms wrapped in flowers and sky
You gave me silence... called it a goodbye
But I'm not broken-I'm just clear
And clarity don't need to beg to be near
This ain't revenge, this ain't a plea
It's just a song... that set me free
You ghosted with grace-slick with your silence
But I learned peace is louder than your quiet defiance
I don't chase doors that close on truth
I don't rewrite poems for the sake of proof
You heard me, even if you won't admit
You felt me, even if you won't sit in it
And that's cool-I left no key
Just shadows of who you lost in me
I ain't bitter...
But I'm no longer sweet to where I'm not fed
I ain't lonely...
But I won't hold space for ghosts in my bed
This pen-my closure
This melody-my truth
This distance? That's not punishment
That's the new proof
I wasn't lookin' for praise, I was reachin' for peace
Not applause from a heart that never found release
I gave you stormlight, gave you soul
You gave me "pretty"-like that touched the whole
But I'm not bitter-I'm rebuilt
And your absence don't carry no guilt
I found my voice, I found my feet
And now I sing... with no need to repeat
Let her miss you in silence
Let her love you too late
I ain't angry
Just unavailable
And peace...
Look better on me anyway