Did I drive you away
or did the world quietly pull you from me
while I held my mouth shut
and my hands empty?
Did I let you slip
in the space between a word
and the way I feared too much?
Did I drive you away
or did I only watch
the shape of you vanish
and call it silence?
Dec 7, 2025
Dec 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM UTC
Did I drive you away
or did the world quietly pull you from me
while I held my mouth shut
and my hands empty?
Did I let you slip
in the space between a word
and the way I feared too much?
Did I drive you away
or did I only watch
the shape of you vanish
and call it silence?
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