You ask where I go when I disappear I say “just out back,” but I’m never near I leave the room But not the mood It lingers like low afternoon Your words feel loud, though you barely speak I fake a smile, then start to leak I just need A place where no one seeks Let me disappear here In the hum behind the wall I don’t need to be seen To feel real at all Let me disappear here Without the lights or the calls Let me be small Let me dissolve I check my phone, then turn it down Unread texts pile like sound You can’t feel What I won’t say It’s safer that way You love the version I outgrew The girl who danced, not the one who withdrew But comfort’s not Always true Let me disappear here In the song that no one plays I don’t need to perform To be worth the space Let me disappear here With the curtains always drawn Let me be gone Let me stay gone I don’t want rescue I want the quiet I want the room With no echo in it Let me disappear here With no name on my chest I don’t need to reply To still feel what’s left Let me disappear here No spotlight, no request Let me rest Let me rest