I Thought I Buried You

I left you where the silence waits

A shape I don’t know how to chase

Your shadow cuts across the glow

Too close again, your face stone cold

I speak to echoes of your form

A chill that comes before the storm

You pass through streets I used to know

A quiet danger, soft and low

I see you move, but you’re not mine

A living edge I can’t define

I thought I buried you, but you return

Alive in form, and my heart still burns

I can’t grieve you twice, can’t undo

The life I lost when I knew you

I thought I buried you, but shadows stay

They brush my skin, then fade away

A flash of black, a frozen stare

You cross my path, I feel the air

The night pulls tight, I step aside

No words, no warmth behind your eyes

I turn away, I hold my breath

Dancing with your living death

You move through moments I can’t claim

A dark reflection with no name

The air goes sharp wherever you tread

A pulse I feel but never let

I thought I buried you, but here you rise

Stone-cold eyes in borrowed light

Your ghost still walks where I’ve been led

A quiet burn inside my head

I thought I buried you, but shadows stay

They follow me, then fade away

I can’t keep you alive in mind

I let you rest so I survive

You linger still, but I am free

The part I loved stays buried in me

I thought I buried you, but you return

Alive in form, and my heart still burns

Stone-cold eyes in borrowed light

Your ghost still walks into my night

I thought I buried you, but shadows stay

They brush my skin, then fade away

I thought I buried you, but you remain

A quiet heat inside the pain

Alive in form, but out of reach

A memory I don’t repeat

I thought I buried you, but shadows stay

They walk beside me, then fade away