ECHOES OF A SILENT HEART

I stand here, torn between love and despair,  

A heart that aches, yet I pretend to care.  

The world is cold, where feelings are rare,  

I want to scream, but no one is there.  

You’ve changed, and I can’t deny the truth,  

Once vibrant, now quiet, like fading youth.  

I want to live, but in shadows I stay,  

A prisoner of love that slips away.  

The world around me, so calculated and cold,  

Has forgotten the warmth, the stories untold.  

I wish to cry, to let the tears fall free,  

But I fear what’s left will be nothing but me.  

I hold onto memories, afraid to release,  

Wanting to find, in this chaos, peace.  

Responsibility weighs, but happiness slips,  

Like trying to drink from a cup that drips.  

I want to move, to leave all behind,  

But I’m tethered to others, a weight on my mind.  

I want to feel seen, to know that I matter,  

To find someone who can make the world shatter.  

I stand in silence, with a fractured heart,  

Afraid that one step might tear us apart.  

I long to trust, but the fear runs deep,  

What if this love is too fragile to keep?  

Alone, I walk with my soul in the dark,  

Yearning for someone to ignite the spark.  

To tell me I’m worth it, to make me believe,  

That even in pain, I have the right to grieve.  

Yet I smile and hide, play the game of the weak,  

But inside, it’s you that I silently seek.  

For in this life, I fear I’ll always be,  

Alone with my love, and a heart that won’t be free.