Memories

"Fifteen Winters Later"

*Verse 1*

You left my name in shattered glass,

Walked off with him while I held the past.

Your aunty spun the lies like thread,

Wove a love that was already dead.

I buried us beneath the snow,

Learned to breathe where cold winds blow.

*Pre-Chorus*

Fifteen winters, fifteen scars,

I mapped your absence by the stars.

And now you’re here with trembling hands,

Asking if you still understand

*Chorus*

The boy you left is gone, my love,

He died in tears you weren’t there to catch.

But the man who stayed… he still knows

Every word, every vow, every watch.

If you came back for penance, say so,

If you came back for love, prove so.

I won’t be fooled by borrowed time,

Not after fifteen winters of mine.

*Verse 2*

He never had what we once made,

Just borrowed nights your aunty laid.

No warmth, no truth, just empty rooms,

While I carried our ghost through empty Junes.

Tell me, did you think of me

When the silence got too loud to be?

*Bridge*

Reconnection is a loaded gun,

And I’m tired of bleeding for fun.

If your heart found its way home,

Don’t knock unless you plan to stay.

I forgave you years ago,

But trust is not a thing I owe.

*Final Chorus*

So stand here if your soul remembers

The fire we had before the embers.

I’ll meet your truth with open eyes,

No more shadows, no more lies.

After fifteen winters, love,

Choose me… or let me go for good.