Ashes in the Rain

I built my dreams on borrowed time, Each heartbeat echoing a silent crime. You held my hand but not my soul, Now I’m chasing shadows to feel whole. The stars we named have lost their light, Your voice still haunts my sleep at night. I stitched my wounds with threads of hope, But love’s a rope I couldn’t cope. I screamed in silence, broke in grace, Still wore your ghost like warm embrace. The mirror shows a stranger’s face, But I still search for your trace. You left like winter leaves the trees, No warning, just a quiet freeze. I begged the sky to bring you back, But prayers dissolve in shades of black. I danced alone in crowded rooms, Faking smiles beneath the gloom. Your absence sings a lullaby, That drowns the truth I try to hide. Now I rise from ash and rain, Not healed, but wiser from the pain. If love returns, it must be true— Not just a ghost that looks like you.