Where Are You

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Where are you now, in shadows that I keep?

Your voice remains, where silence once could sleep.

I walk alone, through memories we made;

Each step I take, feels like it starts to fade.


The nights grow long; your absence lingers near.

I hear your name, in echoes sharp and clear.

The dreams we built now drift like shattered glass;

I hold on still, though time continues past.


I search for you, in every empty place;

In fading light, I almost see your face.

My heart still asks the questions left behind-

But no reply brings comfort to my mind.


Where are you now, beyond this aching view?

A part of me is lost, and lives with you.

Though life moves on, I’m caught in what we knew;

Still whispering: “Where are you? where are you?”

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