**Fading Echoes**
In the quiet corners of memory,
Where shadows linger and whispers fade,
I find the remnants of a love once bright,
Now dulled by time’s relentless blade.
We danced upon the precipice of dreams,
Our laughter echoing through starlit nights,
But fate, that cruel and capricious muse,
Unfurled her wings and took her flight.
The sunsets we painted with our sighs,
Now blur into a canvas of gray,
And the promises etched upon our hearts,
Lie buried in the sands of yesterday.
I trace the contours of your absence,
Like a blind man seeking solace in the dark,
And wonder how love can slip away,
Leaving nothing but an ache, a mark.
Did you forget the way my name tasted,
On your lips, like a bittersweet refrain?
Or the warmth of our entangled souls,
As we danced between pleasure and pain?
Perhaps you found a new constellation,
To map your desires across the sky,
While I remain tethered to our memories,
A sailor lost, adrift, wondering why.
Yet still, I hold the fragments close,
Each shard a testament to what we were,
For even in forgetting, love endures,
A silent ache that time cannot deter.
So here I stand, a ghost of what was,
Caught between the ache and the forgetting,
And though you’ve moved beyond my reach,
Your absence lingers, an eternal longing.