paper hearts

I found your letter tucked inside my book,

Words like whispers, every page a hook.

We used to dream, sketching futures in the air,

But now those dreams are scattered, like whispers through despair.

You said we'd be together, fight the world as one,

But now I sit alone, feeling so undone.

The laughter's turned to silence, the spark has lost its light,

What happened to forever? It’s just a fading night.

Like paper hearts in the rain, we’re tearing apart,

Fragile little wishes lost before they can start.

You took your love, left shadows of our laughter,

Now I’m left with memories, chasing after.

I scroll through pictures, frozen moments in time,

But the smiles feel hollow, they don’t feel like mine.

We’d dance in the hallway, sing at the top of our lungs,

Now the echoes are fading, just whispers of what’s done.

You said I was your anchor when the waves would rise,

But now I’m drifting, lost beneath these skies.

I wear your old sweatshirt, it smells like the past,

Holding on to fragments, but they never last.

Like paper hearts in the rain, we’re tearing apart,

Fragile little wishes lost before they can start.

You took your love, left shadows of our laughter,

Now I’m left with memories, chasing after.

I hope you’re happy in the life you chose,

While I’m here still wondering how we fell so close.

I’ll write my own story, turn the page and see,

But every little heartbeat still calls out for "we."

Like paper hearts in the rain, we’re tearing apart,

Fragile little wishes lost before they can start.

You took your love, left shadows of our laughter,

Now I’m left with memories, chasing after.

So here’s to the moments, the highs and the lows,

To the paper hearts drifting where nobody goes.

I’ll gather the pieces, stitch them back with art,

But a part of me will always wish you weren’t so far.