Silent Goodbyes

I grieve you in the quiet hours,  

Though you're still breathing, walking, here.  

A phantom love, a distant shadow,  

A face that’s blurred by time and fear.  

You live, but not where I remember—  

In memories, you’ve slipped away.  

Each moment shared now feels like echoes,  

Of words unsaid and things we’d say.  

I mourn for who you used to be,  

The you I knew, the us we had.  

Yet life goes on, a haunting silence,  

A bitter ache that feels so sad.  

No graves to visit, no goodbyes—  

Just empty spaces, hollow sighs.  

I grieve a loss that can't be named,  

For hearts that broke but left no flame.  

And though you're somewhere out there still,  

The you I loved is cold and still.  

I carry on, though torn in two—  

One part for me, one part for you.