Open Heart

see me

i am in the background
a forgettable face
i say yes
they say no
i learned to be quiet
to be small
to be easy
i decided to disappear
nobody reached out
but it's okay
i lived my life
like this
until you came
you were like the sun
everybody surrounded you
like planets in the solar system
i was nothing
yet you saw me
you took my hand
i asked...
yes?
and you said
yes!
is this what it feels like
to be seen?