Ashes of the Past

The silence screams louder than war

Empty streets where life once soared

Footprints lost in blowing sand

Names forgotten by time's hand

I reached out, but you were gone

Faded into the breaking dawn

The world kept turning, but I froze

Clutching echoes no one knows

Ashes of the past still stain the sky

I see your face every time I close my eyes

A world that burned, a dream that died

Still I carry it deep inside

Ashes of the past won't let me be

But I won't let them bury me

Photographs inside my mind

Moments I can't leave behind

You laughed once, before the fall

Before the future lost it all

Time betrayed what we believed

Turned our hearts into memories

But even in this quiet gray

I hear your voice push me to stay

Ashes of the past still stain the sky

I see your face every time I close my eyes

A world that burned, a dream that died

Still I carry it deep inside

Ashes of the past won't let me be

But I won't let them bury me

"I miss you… but I'm still standing

For you… for everything we lost"

Ashes of the past drift like snow

But I'll rebuild from what I know

Your light still burns inside my soul

I'll make it right—I'll make us whole

Ashes of the past… may never fade

But I choose to rise from what remains