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Why So Quiet?

You've asked me why I'm so quiet.
My answer to your question is
Everytime I step out on faith
To gorge myself on your love
You place me on an emotional diet.

What's the point of speaking up?
Exposing myself to you
Letting my feelings run amok
Overflowing like a too small cup.

So I fall back.
Quietly move over to my lane.
It's so obvious female company
Is not what you lack.

You ask me why I won't tell you how I feel.
You say you wished you'd known
But I've told you.
I've shown you.
I've kept it real.

After leaving myself raw and open
You offer no healing balm.
Your ego being stroked
You pocket my heart
As an amusing token.

I'm starving to be fed.
Affection is what I seek
A soulmate, a confidant
A considerate lover in my bed.

You've asked me why I'm so quiet.
My answer to your question is
Everytime I step out on faith
To gorge myself on your love
You place me on an emotional diet.