We let you see the parts we hide
The softer rooms we keep inside
The names we never speak aloud
The fears that only wake at night
We opened doors we sealed for years
Placed our trembling in your hands
We thought that depth would make us safe
If someone else could understand
Slowly.
Slowly.
We came undone.
We went deep.
Past the shame.
Past the guard.
We went deep.
And something in us
Stayed exposed.
You saw the cracks beneath the skin
The weight we never let you lift
We trusted silence more than proof
Believed the quiet meant we fit
But distance grows without a sound
A colder air inside the room
No single word that caused the break
Just something fading too soon
Softly.
Softly.
It slipped away.
We went deep.
Past the fear.
Past control.
We went deep.
And lost the shape
Of who we were.
It wasn’t loud.
It wasn’t rage.
Just less and less
Of what remained.
The deeper we fell,
The harder to leave.
We went deep.
And now the space
Is wider.
We went deep.
And now
We don’t speak.
You went too deep
To stay the same.
You called it trust.
I call it wound.
You opened everything.
And I saw it all.