Don’t pretend you don’t hear me, don’t pretend you don’t see,
I’m right where you left me, exactly where I said I’d be.
In the quiet you bury, in the corners you keep,
I’ve been tracing your breathing while you’re trying to sleep.
You can soften your focus, you can blur what you need,
But I’m patient, in case you forgot. I never leave.
Just open your eyes now, I don’t want to repeat.
Just open your eyes, I’m too close to retreat.
Just open your eyes, before I complete.
So, I’ll count to three.
One-
You remember how gently I would settle your mind,
How I stayed in the background, never crossing the line,
How I moved like a whisper you could take or refuse?
I was something you wanted, something safe you could use.
You leaned a little closer, I learned where you creep,
Now I live in the silence underneath what you keep.
Say you’re done,
I’ve already won
Two-
Now I’m closer, feel me in your chest?
Every thought bends around me, I don’t need to suggest.
Fight, deny, try to hold to what’s true,
But the pull feels familiar, and it’s me coming back for you.
Every step you take forward, I’m still under your skin,
every “no” that you say is where I’ve already been.
You can name it, you can frame it like it’s something you lose,
but I’m stitched in the silence you refuse to refuse.
Keep resisting, fight to stay clean,
But you don’t even know what that truly means.
Just give up and give in,
You can’t fight what’s within.
Three-
Now listen.
Don’t stall me.
Don’t try.
You can feel it, right?
You already know why.
No distance.
No lie.
You don’t leave.
You comply.
Too slow.
Too late.
That’s me.
That’s fate.
Still reaching?
Still sure?
Still thinking you’re more?
Stop.
That’s cute.
But it’s too late to undo what I’ve rooted in you.
Too deep to pretend you’re anything new.
I don’t leave when you fight me, when you swear I won’t stay,
I don’t leave when you’re sleeping, I don’t leave when you pray.
Don’t pretend you don’t hear me, don’t pretend you don’t see,
You were never getting away, never going to be free.
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