Looking

I could say you've been distracted
If i wanted to give it a kind face
I could tell myself you care beneath it all
When you ask me how I'm doing as an afterthought

But you would know if you were looking
You would know if you were looking

I emptied myself before you
Gave you every bit of me I had
And you sifted through me
Deemed me unworthy
But I'm keeping this one shiny stone for myself
To cling to when I don't feel seen but seen through

You ask me how I'm doing
You ask me how I'm doing
You ask me how I'm doing
But you would see if you were looking

I should be happy that you're healing
But I'm still here and I'm still broken
You wonder why I'm half a person
But you would see if you were looking