Only shadows know my name,
Never light, never flame.
Only silence fills my chest,
Never peace, never rest.

Only echoes answer back,
Never guiding, always black.
Only doubt clouds my view,
Never clarity, never true.

Only tears, crimson and cold,
Never a hand for me to hold.
Only memories, sharp as glass,
Never a future, stuck in the past.

Only trauma speaks to me,
Never words that set me free.
Only loneliness keeps me still,
Never hope, never will.

Only and never, my heart's refrain,
A life of longing, a soul in pain.
But even in this endless night,
I carry the ashes of a fading fight.