A message left unsent

I found your note by the open drawer

Folded neat on the bedroom floor

Ink still wet like the tears you bled

Now I’m talkin’ to a ghost instead

You said “don’t cry” but I’m shattered glass

Reading your pain in every pass

I should’ve known, I should’ve stayed

Should’ve heard the words you never said

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You wore your silence like a crown

Laughed so loud but you were drownin’ down

I saw the cracks but looked away

And now there’s nothing left to say

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You wrote this like your final breath

A quiet scream, a kiss with death

You said you’re tired, said you tried

But damn it—why’d you have to hide?

This world is cruel, yeah, I won’t lie

But now you’re gone and so am I

‘Cause when you left, you took a piece

Of everything good left in me

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I held your letter with shaking hands

Each word hit like a reprimand

You said you weren’t lookin’ for pity

But now I’m stuck in this silent city

I replay texts, missed calls, those nights

You were beggin’ me to see the fight

But I was blind in my own mess

Never thought you’d mean “I’m depressed”

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I hear your voice in every room

Like dust that dances in the gloom

You said, “I’m fine,” and I believed

Now I’m haunted by what I couldn’t see

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You wrote this like your final breath

A quiet scream, a kiss with death

You said you’re tired, said you tried

But damn it—why’d you have to hide?

This world is cruel, yeah, I won’t lie

But now you’re gone and so am I

‘Cause when you left, you took a piece

Of everything good left in me

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I hope you found what we all chase

Some light beyond this hollow place

But I would give my lungs, my time

Just to say, “You weren’t a crime”

You weren’t a burden, you weren’t too much

You were the light we failed to touch

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So I’ll keep your letter, fold it tight

Read it when I lose the fight

But I’ll keep breathing, ’cause you couldn’t

I’ll scream your name when the world wouldn’t

And if you’re out there in the sky

I hope you hear this lullaby

A song for you, my broken friend

I’ll love you ’til my bitter end