Four Years Later

Four years later I still feel the echo

Of the night you walked away

I held a truth you weren't ready for

And you left without a word to say

Since then no one's crossed my heart

In the way your shadow still does

I keep pretending I've moved on

But I know that isn't what it was

You became the last place

I ever felt something real

Four years later and I'm still caught

In the quiet of what we almost had

You show up once a year like nothing changed

Just enough to keep me looking back

I know it's barely anything

A sign a spark a passing thought

Four years later and somehow

You're still the ache I never stopped

I tell myself you don't mean it

That your messages don't hold weight

But they land right where I'm weakest

Opening doors I tried to close too late

I'm tired of loving memories

Tired of feeding what won't grow

You're a chapter left unfinished

And I'm the only one who knows

You became the moment

Everything else failed to match

Four years later and I'm still caught

In the quiet of what we almost had

You show up once a year like nothing changed

Just enough to keep me looking back

I know it's barely anything

A sign a spark a passing thought

Four years later and somehow

You're still the ache I never stopped

Maybe I held on too tightly

To a feeling that never returned

Maybe you were only passing through

While I was the one who burned

And maybe someday I'll meet someone

Who feels like the start not the end

Someone who doesn't disappear

Someone I don't have to pretend

Four years later and I'm still caught

In the echo of the love I wished we had

You show up once a year like you still care

But never enough to bring you back

And I know it isn't anything