Whispers battling through my head
Climbing into my thoughts
Gripping my words
Like a dagger in my spine
Piercing my heart
And she’ll never know
And she’ll never know
Connection was plausible
Compassion was in reach
Memories were dimmed by consumption
Like a heavy stone
Pulling on my soul
And she’ll never know
And she’ll never know
Validated in my own mind
Yet nervously detached from hers
Folding now inside myself
Hiding my thoughts
So she’ll never know
And she’ll never know
Like a sore on contention
Stinging and seeping
My listlessness over this
Rushing away the reality
Of my situation
Because
She’ll never know
No
She doesn’t need to know
