Acknowledge Me (Rough Draft) (Patreon)

Song I wrote while walking through the gardens yesterday and finished while sitting and listening to the rain today. Still needs to be polished but this is what we got so far…

Lyrics

it took everything

to say nothing

i will not choose violence

there is wisdom in silence

i wish that you would notice

but that’s not the point, is it?

i give you space and grace

to unfold at your own pace

I won’t force you to open

like a flower forced to blossom

i wish that you would notice

but that’s not the point, is it?

acknowledge me

why don’t you acknowledge me?

I don’t want your apology

I want you to acknowledge me

for all the pain I never caused

all the pain you never saw

all the problems that I solved

on my own

how could you have known?

you couldn’t have known

thank you for showing me

where I was lacking self belief

i’m sorry for using you to love me

now i clearly see

the pain that i was causing me

i need to give to me, what i wish you would

acknowledge me

I need to acknowledge me

I don’t need your apology

I need to acknowledge me

for all the pain I never caused

all the pain you never saw

all the problems that I solved

on my own

how could you have known?

I acknowledge me

I acknowledge me

I am so sorry

I acknowledge me

for all the pain I caused

all the pain I only saw

all the problems that I solved

on my own

how could you have known?

you couldn’t have known

well now you know