Nobody Asked

Nobody asked, so
I kept it
Nobody asked, so it stayed
I used to bring things to the table, things
I thought were worth the space
I stopped when
I noticed no one was looking at my face
I learned to read the room, I learned to fold it and
I got so good at silence, I forgot there was something within
Nobody else so
I stopped offering
Nobody asked, so
I stopped having questions
I packed it up somewhere quiet and learned to call that peace
There are whole parts of me
Nobody's ever seen
Not because
I hid them
Because nobody thought to
Look, you get used to it
They're not being asked
You start to wonder
If those parts were ever real
Nobody asked so
I stopped offering
Nobody asked so
I let it go
Nobody asked so
I forgot
I had answers
Nobody asked so
I stopped having questions
I packed it all somewhere quiet
And learned to call that peace
The saddest part
Isn't that nobody asked
The saddest part
Is that
I stopped expecting them to
And then one day
I forgot what they would have asked about
Nobody asked
That's okay now
Nobody asks
I still know
I still know
I still know
Nobody asked