Nobody Saw

The screen went white,

then the name popped up in black

An all-staff thread, no way to pull it back

My collar felt tight,

my coffee turning cold

Before the phone could ring,

my life was sold

Eighteen months

of a quiet room

Tracing the cracks in the afternoon

No status updates, no public plea

Just the slow, hard work

of rebuilding me

Nobody saw the work

Nobody saw the sweat on the floor

Behind a locked bedroom door They only see the spark

But nobody saw the dark

(nobody saw)

Last November, freezing rain on the glass

I had the resignation letter typed at last

But I saw my reflection

in the dark screen pane

And wiped the keyboard dry to start again

Now the parking lot is quiet and grey

And the ink on the page is a minute away

Nobody saw the work

Nobody saw the sweat on the floor

Behind a locked bedroom door They only see the spark

But nobody saw the dark (nobody saw)

Ten minutes in the car,

hands on the wheel

Just waiting for the shaking to stop,

to make it real

No banners flying, no heavy drums Just the quiet step before the

morning comes

Nobody saw the work!

(nobody saw!) Nobody saw the sweat on the floor

Behind a locked bedroom door They only see

the spark But nobody saw the dark!

(nobody

saw)

Nobody saw the work (nobody saw)