Hours stretch like shadows,
cold seeps into my bones,
as I wait for something
that was never truly mine.

Loneliness wraps around me,
a shroud of unspoken words,
my heart clings to a memory,
yet the truth cuts like ice.

Once, I chased the smiles,
forgotten my own glow,
only to find joy slipping
the moment you appeared.

I wanted to hold you close,
to keep the warmth alive,
but lies whispered softly,
and the moment dissolved.

How do I unsee what I felt?
How do I let go of the light,
when in the depths of waiting,
I learned how to be lost?
© Namli.