Responsibility

You carry what others depend on.

Even when no one asked you to.

You don’t always know where it ends.

Or if it ever does.

You learned to carry it quietly.
So quietly, people started calling you strong.

Silence

You don’t say everything.

Not because you can’t.

Because you already know it won’t be held.

Silence is not empty.
It is full of everything you decided not to share.

Expectation

You feel what is expected.

Even before anyone says it.

You adjust. You deliver. You hold it together.

And somewhere inside,
you wonder what is actually yours.

Something I can’t explain

You feel it.

But you can’t name it.

And maybe that’s the hardest part.

Not everything needs a name.
But it still has weight.

Something I don’t want to name

You know exactly what it is.

And you also know why you don’t say it.

Some things stay unspoken
not because they are small,
but because they are too real.