You don’t say much these days,

Just the quiet hum of your breathing.

Every word I try to raise

Falls into the room, barely leaving.

(⤓) You look right through me (⤓),

Like I’m fading in the light.

Would you notice if I drifted out tonight?

Your coffee cup still stains the sink,

Little ghosts of our routine.

I trace the rim, start to think—

Was I ever what you’d mean?

silence weighs between our sighs

I pretend I’m fine, but I lie...

Every time I try to speak,

The words just fall apart.

I wonder if my name

Still reaches your heart

Would you cry if I was gone?

Would you feel that something’s wrong?

Or just move on

As if I’d never been at all?

Would you cry if I was gone?

Would you miss what we’ve become?

I’m learning how to fade politely,

To make absence sound like grace.

You turn away so lightly,

Like it’s easy to erase.

I’m drained of trying

But still, I stay—

Hoping you might ask me to remain.

Every truth I swallow burns,

Each silence something earned.

I’m just waiting for your eyes to turn

Would you cry if I was gone?

Would you feel that something’s wrong?

Would you reach for me (⊕),

Or let me fall alone?

Would you cry if I was gone?

Or would you just keep moving on?

Maybe I’m already gone

Just a voice left on repeat.

All the warmth we had

It’s slipping through your sleep

Would you cry if I was gone?

Would it echo when you’re strong?

Would the silence pull you down,

Or would you wear it like a crown?

"Would you cry… if I was gone?"