between the silence and the shadows

I see you standing in the shadows,
where the silence grows too loud.
I offer my hand, but you keep fading,
drifting through the crowd.

But I’m here for you, always,
whenever you call my name.
But I’m scared of what you’re hiding,
are we playing the same game?


—

You call me from across the distance,
but my heart is far too slow.
I hear the words you’re trying to say,
but I can’t let you know.

I can’t leave you, but I can’t stay,
there’s a weight in all we’ve said.
I need you close, but I’m afraid,
of the storm that’s in my head.


—

We’re caught between the words we speak,
and all the silence in between.
I want to hold you, but I’m weak,
this love we share is left unseen.


—

I wait for you, but you keep stalling,
lost somewhere between the lines.
I offer you my heart in pieces,
hoping you’ll make them rhyme.

The spaces where we should have spoken,
lie heavy like a closing door.
I’m standing here, waiting, wide open—
are we who we were before?


—

I see the way you try to save me,
but I’m sinking all the same.
Your light is burning in the distance,
but I’m too afraid of flame.

You left your key upon the table,
and I left my words unsaid.
You said you’d wait—are you still able
to hold me when I lose my thread?


—

We’re caught between the words we speak,
and all the silence in between.
I want to hold you, but I’m weak,
this love we share is left unseen.


—

I’ll keep waiting on the edge,
I’ll keep calling out your name.
I’ll keep falling, I’ll keep hiding,
I’m too broken to take the blame.


—

I’ll reach for you in this final moment,
I’ll step through the space you left behind.
But can I find the strength to hold you,
when I can’t even find the time?


—

We’re caught between the words we speak,
and all the silence in between.
We reach for love, though we’re still weak,
this love we share is slipping away.