Fading in silence

My biggest red flag? I disappear. Not in the obvious ways, but in the subtle Ones, texts left unread, calls ignored like they never Tang. I cancel plans without an excuse, fade into the background of group chats and missed events. I laugh less, talk even less than that. It's easier to ghost than explain how heavy my chest feels. I leave messages half-typed, delete them before I hit send, telling myself they don't care anyway. I let the days blur together, sleep in too late, or not at all, I pretend I'm fine until l believe it until I'm too deep to find my way back.