I lost someone who still breathes,
But the heart that once knew them is hollow,
A ghost in a space where dreams should be,
Stuck between what was and what could follow.

A version of me never came to be,
A story left half-written,
In the silence of what was never said,
A love that was forbidden.

How do you grieve when the ending's unclear?
When they’re still here, but gone all the same,
When your soul is waiting, but they disappear,
Leaving only ashes and a forgotten name.

I stand in ruins of what almost was,
A place of longing, without a sound,
And though I pretend I’ve moved on,
I’m still here, waiting to be found.

Left and erased
A connection just dropped
By technical action
Didn't overpower that want
Still widened the distance
This one way street
Will there be a sign of living
Coming down against the beat
of souls' connections never ending
Let them be lost
but never gone
(c)near_lane7