Certain roles can't be claimed. One can't just put a name down, sign up, stand in line. Every silence is filled with reluctance... to yield. It says: don't be persistent... please.
So let it go.
Because first... do no harm.
Because if I didn't, it will become about me... and "us"
Because we all deserve the right to sulk, in peace.
Because when you stand on the outside, you can't talk yourself in.