The Loss Was Mine

Years keep turning, one by one,

Like quiet pages in the sun.

I thought goodbye was something kind—

I didn’t know I’d lose my mind.

I watched you fade beyond my reach,

A distant shore beyond the beach.

I told myself we’d ended well,

But pride can dress a wound like hell.

I walked alone through borrowed days,

Mistaking silence for a change.

Now I know what a shoulder means,

How much a heart needs somewhere to lean.

And every time I see your name,

The old regret ignites again.

No road I take, no words I choose

Can mend the things I let come loose.

If you ever hear this song,

Please know the blame was never yours.

I was the one who let you go,

The one who closed the open door.

If you wonder where I’ve been,

I’ve been lost without your light.

I loved you then, I love you still—

I just learned too late what love was worth to fight.

I kept the promises I made

In the empty rooms where shadows stayed.

Your memory is a stubborn flame,

It warms my hands and speaks your name.

I’d give the years I can’t rewind,

The careless words, the frightened mind.

But time won’t bargain, hearts won’t lie,

And broken glass won’t learn to fly.

So if this melody finds you,

Through some late-night, lonely blue,

Know every note is meant to say:

You were never why I walked away.

If you ever hear this song,

Please know the blame was never yours.

I was the one who let you go,

The one who closed the open door.

If you wonder where I’ve been,

I’ve been lost without your light.

I loved you then, I love you still—

I just learned too late what love was worth to fight.

Maybe healing means accepting

Some goodbyes don’t disappear.

Maybe I can make amends

By telling truth instead of fear.

You gave me more than I could hold,

And I was too afraid to see.

If forgiveness finds your heart,

Let it find a little room for me.

If you ever hear this song,

Let it carry what I couldn’t say:

You were the best thing in my life,

And I was the one who threw it away.

Though I can’t repair the past,

I’ll carry you through every line.

You were never at fault, my love—

The loss was mine, and mine alone, all this time.

Years keep turning, one by one,

But I still sing where we began.

If my voice reaches you someday,

I hope you know I understand.