In the echoes of silence, memories reside,
A love once ablaze, now smoldering inside.
Each heartbeat aches with the weight of the past,
The pain of a love that couldn't last.
Ghosts of laughter haunt these empty halls,
Where once we danced, now darkness falls.
Each whispered word, a dagger to the heart,
Tearing apart what once felt whole, apart.
In the depths of night, I search for solace,
But find only shadows of your absence.
The ache of your absence, a constant refrain,
A symphony of sorrow, an unending chain.
Yet still, I hold onto the fragments of us,
Like shards of glass, they cut and crush.
For in the pain, there's a bittersweet truth,
A reminder of a love that once bloomed with youth.
So I'll carry this burden, this weight of regret,
Forgetting you not, though we're worlds apart.
For even in the darkness, your memory remains,
A beacon of love, amidst the storms and rains.
© Thabiso Dube