Fading Trace

In the marrow of my memory your shadow clings
A ghost I carved from years a hymn the silence sings
We wove our veins through time a tapestry of trust
But now your eyes are vacant my name reduced to dust
I trace the fault lines where we fractured where we fell
A labyrinth of longing in this self-constructed hell
You don't see me a stranger in your gaze
My heart's a relic lost in your indifferent maze
I was the echo in your bones the fire in your skies
But I'm erased unseen a ghost in your eyes
I carried you through winters your weight my sacred load
Each scar a constellation each step a winding road
But time's a cruel alchemist it turns devotion cold
Your face a mirror now reflecting truths untold
I search the void between us for meaning in the ache
But your oblivion whispers I was always a mistake
You don't see me a stranger in your gaze
My heart's a relic lost in your indifferent maze
I was the echo in your bones the fire in your skies
But I'm erased unseen a ghost in your eyes
Was I the shadow cast by your fleeting flame?
A fleeting verse you scribbled never meant to name?
I scream into the ether but the silence screams back
Your apathy's the blade that carves the truth I lack
Forty-six and two I shed the skin you knew
But still I'm tethered to the you I can't undo
A spiral out a spiral in I'm drowning in the cost
To find I meant so little in the years that we lost
So I release you to the void let the ashes fall
A requiem for meaning where your face recalls no call
I'll carry this alone this wound that bears your name
A flame that burns eternal though you'll never feel the same