Echoes & Ashes

My heart is an empty room, echoing with the silence of love I may never know. I crave closure, yet I am the one who shuts the door. I speak little, and what I feel stays caged inside a storm no one has ever seen. My loves are born and buried in my mind, my relationships begin and end in the shadows of my own thoughts. I have forgotten the taste of true love, forgotten the warmth of being held without fear it will fade. I am the diary of many, but the page no one writes on. The strong one, the listener, the one who never shows weakness. I stand for everyone,and now — no one stands for me. I dance alone,too tired to keep spinning, yet too proud to fall. I dance alone in an empty room,with music only I can hear. And when the song ends... I will still be standing here, because what else is left but me? 

 There were things I never said — not because they weren’t real, but because I was too afraid of what they meant. I watched you shine from a distance, quietly cheering for you, quietly falling. And now you're starting a new life, a beautiful chapter that doesn’t include me. That hurts more than I can explain — but I won’t stand in your light. You were my sunset — stunning, brief, and impossible to hold onto. I’ll carry your memory like a soft echo in the quiet moments, and maybe someday, I’ll smile without the ache. This is me, letting go — not because I want to, but because I must. Thank you for being the beautiful almost.