WHERE THE ECHOES STAY

He stood beside the doorway, staring at the rain,

Trying to understand a world that wouldn’t feel the same.

Her picture on the table, her voice inside his head,

A thousand things he wished he’d said,

A thousand tears he shed.

He walks the empty hallway where they used to laugh,

Replaying every memory like pages from the past.

He’d give anything to hear her say his name,

But silence answers every time,

And nothing feels the same.

And he screams into the darkness,

“Why did you have to go?”

But the stars don’t give an answer,

And he already knows…

She’s gone, but she’s not forgotten,

Her heartbeat lives inside his chest.

The world keeps moving without her,

But he can’t seem to leave the past.

He’s breaking, he’s burning,

He’s drowning underneath the pain,

But every scar reminds him

That love doesn’t fade away.

She’s gone…

But her echoes stay.

He keeps her favorite sweater hanging by the door,

Like somehow she’ll come walking through it like before.

He talks to her at midnight when nobody can hear,

Tells her all the things he’s done,

Tells her how he wishes she was here.

Sometimes anger takes the sadness,

Sometimes memories make him smile,

Sometimes he forgets she’s gone

For just a little while.

Then reality comes crashing

Like thunder through his veins,

And he’s back beneath the weight

Of a thousand days of pain.

HE WANTS ONE MORE DAY!

One more laugh, one more goodbye!

One more chance to hold her close,

One more moment before she flies!

But time won’t turn backwards,

And death won’t let him choose—

So he’ll carry every memory

He refuses to lose!

She’s gone, but she’s not forgotten,

Her heartbeat lives inside his chest.

The world keeps moving without her,

But he’ll carry what she left.

He’s healing, he’s hurting,

Still learning how to breathe,

And though he can’t hold her anymore,

Her love won’t ever leave.

She’s gone…

But she’s not erased.

She’s gone…

But her love remains.

And when he finally faces the dawn,

He’ll know she’s still there—

In every memory,

In every scar,

In every piece of his heart.