I watched you from a distance Never asked you for a claim Never needed some confession Never needed you to name Every little bit of kindness Every quiet piece of care You could act like it was nothing Long as I was always there I knew when you were tired Knew when something wasn't right Never had to stand beside you Just to leave a little light You felt the warmth You knew the source You simply wouldn't turn around It's easy not to name a feeling When you think it won't leave town You knew who I was You knew I was there That's what made it easy Not to care Then I stepped away And something changed Nothing loud Nothing strange I didn't ask you to miss me Didn't ask you to explain I just took away the warmth And left you with the feeling You wouldn't name You could overlook my presence You could minimize the weight You could tell yourself it wasn't much Because it always stayed You could keep me at a distance Keep the doorway almost closed Take the comfort without asking Why you noticed when it froze Then the rhythm wasn't there Then the little light was gone Then the thing you called irrelevant Kept showing up when you moved on Not because I chased you Not because I made a scene Sometimes you don't know what something was Until it's missing from between All the ordinary moments All the spaces in your day Funny how a quiet presence Gets much louder when it walks away Maybe that's when you could feel it Without somewhere else to look No distraction No definition No convenient little book Just the absence of a person You convinced yourself was small And the uncomfortable question Why'd you notice me at all? Then I stepped away And something changed Nothing loud Nothing strange I didn't ask you to miss me Didn't ask you to explain I just took away the warmth And left you with the feeling You wouldn't name I didn't need you hurting I didn't need regret I only stopped providing What you learned how to expect And maybe in the silence You finally understood You don't notice missing warmth Unless the warmth once felt good You knew who I was You always did You just didn't have to face it While I stayed Sometimes the heart gets honest Only after someone Walks away You knew who I was You always did You just didn't have to face it While I stayed Sometimes the heart gets honest Only after someone Walks away Santi Flores
