Inside

Why do I always give my best

To people who don't notice?

Why do I stay up fixing things

That nobody else holds?

I've spent so much time showing up

When I was falling apart

Giving pieces of myself away

Like I had more to spare

Maybe I kept hoping

If I loved enough

Someone would do the same for me

So I'll stop waiting

For somebody else to see

The things I've always needed

The things I've missed in me

If I need comfort

If I need grace

If I need someone to stay

Maybe it's time

I learn to give myself

The love I've been chasing

I know what it feels like

To be the one who always calls

The one who keeps on reaching

When nobody reaches back at all

And every disappointment

Left a little space inside

Till I realized I was looking

For myself in other lives

Maybe I got tired

Of asking people

For what they couldn't give

So I'll stop waiting

For somebody else to see

The things I've always needed

The things I've missed in me

If I need comfort

If I need grace

If I need someone to stay

Maybe it's time

I learn to give myself

The love I've been chasing

Maybe I was never asking for too much

Maybe I was asking the wrong hearts

Maybe all this time

I've been standing in the dark

Waiting for someone

To switch the light on

So I'll stop waiting

For somebody else to save me

Stop measuring my worth

By who decides to stay

If I need kindness

If I need hope

If I need somewhere to belong

Maybe it's been here

Inside me all along

Why do I give so much

And get so little?

Maybe now

I don't have to