I noticed that you said nothing after it became public knowledge

And I noticed that you didn’t send me a Christmas card

Or reach out on the anniversary that you knew would be difficult

I noticed how absent you were

How your tight smile and averted eyes

Greeted me as I approached,

Yes, I even noticed that you stopped liking my pictures and posts.

I noticed

Though I never did anything to you

And I never asked you to choose

You did that all on your own

Believing things about me that I would have had a hard time

Believing about you

Things I would have simply asked about

Had I been you, and you been me.

I noticed how as others tried to stick it out with me

You were confident that I should disappear

That the only way to heal a hurt that had nothing to do with you

Was to hurt me more by telling me to go.

I noticed

And I won’t forget that you so quickly acted

Like it was the right thing to do.