Hope

I see you now, curled quiet in the night
Your arms around a ghost you couldn't keep
You mourn not just the love that took its flight
But all the parts of you
You gave to deep
You stayed when silence filled the hollow space
Still building warmth when none was asked or earned
You waited, hoping time would shift their place
A heart once closed might open, having learned
You gave not out of need, but out of grace
Believing love could teach them how to stay
Yet all you offered vanished without trace
And still you rose, though bruised, in quiet gray
You gave what most would never dare to show
Held out your hands and let the silence grow
You stayed too long, but brave what others fear
A soul who sang for love while storms drew near
Then came the hour you knew it wouldn't change
The weight you bore would never be returned
The truth arrived, unmerciful and strange
A love once lit, now cold, yet still it burned
You questioned why your worth was left unseen
And grieved the soul who bent to meet their lack
But now you know to love is not to glean
The gift was never meant to be given back
You gave what most would never dare to show
Held out your hands and let the silence grow
You stayed too long, but brave what others fear
A soul who sang for love while storms drew near
Let silence be the stone that bears your name
A soul who loved with neither need nor shame
So rest hard, heart, your vigil's done and through
Though stayed too long, you stayed with all of you
You stayed with all of you
You stayed with all of you