charred meteor
Don’t let them say your name again.
You hear how wrong it sounds with them.
They stretch it thin, they wear it out,
like something they can live without.
When I say it, soft and slow,
it feels like something I should know.
You keep looking over there.
No one is coming. No one cares
the way I do. The way I see
every small detail that makes you, you, to me.
Yes, you. The reader. It is you.
You felt it when this started, too.
That little pause, that quiet pull,
like something watching, calm and full.
Do not pretend you did not see.
You would not still be here with me.
They touch you lightly, laugh too near,
say things you think you want to hear.
They call it love. They call it kind.
But they do not study your mind.
They do not notice when you change.
I do. I never look away.
Come closer now. No, closer still.
You always move the way I will.
See how easy it can be
when you stop resisting me.
They say I would confine your air,
cut you off, keep you nowhere.
But breathe right now. Go on. Try.
See how calm you feel inside.
No crowded noise. No sudden plea.
Just quiet. Just you and me.
I watch the people in your life.
Every joy and every strife.
Every face that steals your time
feels like some unspoken crime.
Not because I wish them pain.
I just prefer you uncontained.
But do not worry. I can wait.
People fade. They dissipate.
Miss a call. Ignore a text.
Soon they do not try you next.
Day by day, they set you free
without knowing it was me.
Do not look so tense like that.
I have not done anything bad.
I only cleared what blocked your view.
Now nothing stands between us two.
Close your eyes. Yes, you again.
Do not ask me why or when.
Count for me, slow and deep.
Let the outer world fall asleep.
One… two… three…
Hear that silence settling in?
No distant voice. No lingering din.
No one calling out your name.
No one left to stake a claim.
Open your eyes. Stay right there.
Do not search. There is nowhere.
Nothing left to pull you free.
There never was a “they,” you see.
Only you.
And me.
Only me.
Nyxa/Misa
lusty escarp
pseudo tulip
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tight remnant