Echoes

Phone screen glowing, your name won't light,

Typed out a message, erased it twice.

Empty nights, clock ticks too slow,

Your shadow haunts where the moonlight won't go.

I built a house out of "I'm sorry" bricks,

But you're a ghost, and walls can't fix.

Fading echoes, your voice slipping away,

Every "I love you" feels further each day.

I scream to the stars, they just burn and betray,

Fading echoes, can't make you stay.

Pillow still holds the scent of your hair,

A memory I can't outrun or repair.

Regret's a chain, wrapped tight 'round my chest,

Every heartbeat, a bruise confess.

Late-night reruns of the words I should've said,

But the silence is louder than the tears I've shed.

Love's a ghost ship, drifting in my head,

Anchor's gone, now it's just the dread.

Fading echoes, your voice slipping away,

Every "I love you" feels further each day.

I scream to the stars, they just burn and betray,

Fading echoes, can't make you stay.