I loved you in silence, with breath held tight.
Like stars that shiver in deepest night.
I held your name like a sacred song,
But time moved fast and I was wrong.
I saw the light in your gentle eyes,
A world of truth, no room for lies.
Yet fear, it danced upon my chest,
And love grew wild, denied its rest.
I left you standing in the rain,
To shield you from my inward pain.
I said goodbye, but meant "please stay,"
My pride just tore the words away.
Now every street recalls your face,
Each empty room, your ghosted grace.