I wear my heart on my sleeve
You filter your emotions
I try to act like you don’t push me away
But I wear my heart on my sleeve
And when
I start to crack
And when
I filter my emotions back
And I don’t wear my heart on my sleeve
You asked me for space
And that is all I ever wanted to give you
The whole universe
My whole universe
You asked me for space
But I was giving you the universe
Every star, every breath
Every word I never said
You asked me for space
So I disappeared from view
I was trying to give you everything
But everything was too much for you
I learned how silence feels
I learned how distance grows
I learned to hide the parts of me
You never wanted to know
So I folded galaxies inside my chest
Collapsed every sun I knew
If loving you meant emptiness
Then emptiness would do
You asked me for space
So I erased the universe
Every star, every breath
Every piece of what we were
You asked me for space
And I learned
Never to wear my heart on my sleeve