I keep my voice in draft mode, like, not sending, just saving walking home, hoodie up, で, 顔だけは 平常っぽい you text me soft stuff, に, I tap a tiny reaction inside is 無音で過密, thoughts stacked, それな it’s not that I’m cold, けど, 保留癖 is my default I rewrite one line again, を, then I let it sit 余白病, yeah, I live where the words don’t fit 句読点メンタル, full stop, ま,いっか 返事はあとでって言って またあとにする うまく言うほど 薄くなる気がして 黙るのが うまくなっただけ ほんとそれだけ 消さない下書きだけが まだあたたかい voice muted, still I’m here, I keep it low-key lips sealed, eyes chasing I hold the almost-say like a small secret 言えないままでも ちゃんと生きてる 今日の私は このくらい, I let it be 点を置いて また歩く, quiet with me I pass the gate too late, 改札の匂い clings to my coat, けど I’m fine, kinda a warm can in my palm, I pretend not to notice, like, whatever, yeah I give you “sure, sure”, ウンだけ うまい, まあね, that’s my thing, I guess receipt typeface grazes my skin, 文字列の棘を trace, then I exhale, mess I start a clean confession, then flip the phrasing, still 感情校正中, again not pushing you away, で I hunt a safer word, てか, it won’t sound weird, OK I look up at the signs, then look away quick, like, my bad and I walk it off, slow and small, leaving the rest unsaid 静かなまま 速いまま 言えないのに 消えない 胸の奥で 下書きだけ 増えていく voice muted, still I’m here, I keep it low-key lips sealed, eyes follow I hold the almost-say like a small secret 言えないままでも ちゃんと 生きてる 今日の私は このくらい, I let it be 点を打って 明日へ, stay quiet with me


