Copy of Hang Out! 3

Hmm hmm hmmmmm 
Hmm hm hmmm 
Hmm hmm hmmmmm

the house always took so i stopped asking 
learned to carry love like a blade in a basket 
i don’t speak too loud 
it could call them back 
so i sewed up my lips 
so id never ask

I never ask.
I never ask.

there was a room where i forgot my name 
where “help” meant louder pain 
where silence meant survival 
so i held it in my teeth like prayer 
the light switch sparked but no one fixed it 
the faucet screamed but no one listened 
i learned not to eat if it meant asking 
learned to measure kindness like it had fangs in it
they said “she’s always been quiet” 
like that wasn’t a scar.
like silence is sainthood,
not the mark of war.

the house always took so i stopped asking,
learned to carry love like a blade in a basket,
i don’t speak too loud
it could call them back -
so i sewed up my lips 
so id never ask
(...)
(I never ask)
(I never ask)

teacher tried to buy me snacks 
i said no, kept my guard intact 
not that i didn’t want the treat 
but i feared her kindness came with a receipt
later they said i made them feel bad 
like turning down care was a crime i had 
and suddenly that weight was mine 
their shame stitched into my spine
so now when i ask for help it bends 
into never mind, i’m good, it depends 
and i wonder why no one sees me 
maybe they think 
i’ve always been quiet 
like that wasn’t a scar..
like silence is sainthood,
not the mark of war.

i didn’t learn how to need  
i learned how to disappear politely,
how to make it easier for everyone  
by making myself  
smaller  
quieter  
less.

the house always took,
so i stopped asking,
learned to carry love 
Like a blade in a basket.
i don’t speak too loud -
it could call them back...
so i sewed up my lips  
so id never ask  

(I never ask) 

(I never ask) 

(I never)

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