don’t act like that
like you don’t remember the nights
your hands shaking my hands
like we were trying to hold the world together
and it was all just paper
don’t act like that
like my tears are easy to wipe
like the floor hasn’t swallowed me whole
like your leaving wasn’t a lesson in gravity
don’t act like that
like your apologies are currency
like I need change
I need fire
I need the part of me you tried to erase
don’t act like that
like silence is safe
like I won’t scream it into the ceiling
like the neighbors don’t hear
like my heart didn’t break
like I didn’t see everything
don’t act like that
because I remember
I remember the weight of your mouth
the lies tangled in your jacket
the way your shadow didn’t follow me home
don’t act like that
like the world owes you my forgiveness
like I haven’t been learning to laugh again
like I don’t still burn
don’t act like that
I am not a room you walk through
I am a storm
and storms don’t forget