I’m trying my best to return
To my older self, my familiar routines.
But it’s too late; I can’t go back.

Everything we shared,
Every feeling I hold for you,
Has rooted itself deep within me,
A tattoo on my soul that can’t be erased.

I wonder if you’ll ever see me as I am now—
An empty shell, hollow and adrift,
Fueled only by a spark of hope,
Clinging to the chance
That one day, I’ll be with you again.

Until then, I live on the beautiful memories
You’ve etched into my heart.
© Namli.