You told me my love came in like a flood Too heavy,
too loud,
too deep,
too much
I spent months learning to tiptoe Turn the volume down on my heart
No softer color,
spoken smaller words Tried to shrink into someone you could carry
I apologized for needing,
for wanting,
for staying
And you let me believe the weight was a crime
I was sanding down my edges in the dark
While you were quietly outgrowing the frame
I thought I was a storm
You made me feel like the rain was my fault
Turns out the house was just too small
And you wanted a bigger view
You didn't leave because I was too
much You left because I wasn't enough
Not shiny enough,
not new enough Not the version you woke up craving
All this time I was trying to be less
You were looking for more somewhere else
Too intense was just the kind way
Of saying I stopped being your favorite flavor
Found the messages when I borrowed
your phone The ones where you laughed,
he tried so hard
Like effort was pathetic,
like devotion was a joke Like the man who memorized your silence
Was suddenly small in your eyes You used
to trace my hands like they were scripture
Now they're just the hands that held on
too long Funny how too much and not enough
Live in the same sentence when someone's
done I was dimming every light I had
So you could sleep easier You were already packing
For somewhere brighter
You didn't leave because I was too much
You left because I stopped being enough
Not exciting,
not mysterious Just familiar,
just safe,
just home
I thought love meant staying through the fade You thought love
meant trading up when it did I was the comfort you outgrew
Not the chaos you couldn't handle
I folded myself into origami for you You unfolded me and
said this shape doesn't fit anymore I guess some people
aren't afraid of intensity They're just bored of loyalty
Call it whatever makes you sleep Too clean,
too serious,
too real But we both know the truth now I became
background noise And you wanted a new song I wasn't too
much
I was just not enough
to keep you
I'm done being
this
Next time someone says I'm too much
I'll believe them