Old wounds ache
Half-forgotten face
Floats across my mind
Where are you now?

Your face is almost gone for me
Your voice melted away

Six long years
Since I saw you
Since I offered my heart
Since you ripped it to shreds
Did you mean to?
Did you know?

Four long years
Since I stopped
Lying awake
And wishing
For you to appear

Three long years
Since I met another
Who accepted my heart
And made it whole

But still
Burned there
Is the ghost of you
Why are you here?
Here in my mind?
I loved you so hard
But that was before

Was it all even real?
Or was it a dream
Of a boy
Who was a best friend
And nothing more
Who won my heart
Who didn't know
Who tore it up
Who I never saw
Again?

You stuck in my heart
For two long years
Before I figured out
How to live again
Breathe again
Loosen your grip

But you stayed there
Lurked in the corners
A phantom
Of a broken dream

Then I met a man
With heart of gold
Who loved me
Loves me still
Who I love back
So much it burns

But still
You're here
In my secret heart

Six years
And not a word
Still nothing
No sign
You fell off the earth
But you didn't fall out of
My heart

You've faded now
An echo
But I doubt you'll ever
Truly leave
My heart
The way you
Left
My
Life.