Ashes of Us

We found each other in a quiet storm

Hearts unguarded, wide and warm

Laid our bricks with tender grace

Built a world in a sacred space

Laughed through nights, dreamed through days

Spoke of forever in simple ways

Time moved on, we carved our path

Through storms and sunshine, love held fast

Or so I believed, or so I prayed

But some foundations softly fade

I missed the cracks, the quiet signs

The silence filling in the lines

Then the fire came, without a sound

Tore our castle to the ground

Ashes swirled where dreams once stood

Smoke rose thick, misunderstood

We cried for reasons, searched the sand

But when I looked… the match was in your hand

You wore a calm I didn't see through

Smiles that hid what you already knew

A heart unraveling, piece by piece

While I held on, begging peace

Were you tired, or did it thrill?

To watch our world grow dark and still?

Then the fire came, without a sound

Tore our castle to the ground

Ashes swirled where dreams once stood

Smoke rose thick, misunderstood

We cried for reasons, searched the sand

But when I looked… the match was in your hand

Was it all pretend, or did you mean it once?

Did you light it slow, or did it catch at once?

I begged for answers in the flame

But silence burned and spoke your name

It wasn’t fate or some cruel twist

It was your spark — your clenched fist

Now all that’s left is blackened stone

A house once full, now overgrown

I trace the ruins, feel the cold

Of dreams that died, of hands not held

And in the quiet, I understand

You lit the fire with your own hand

The fire came, and so did truth

It scorched the walls and burned our youth

The love we swore, the plans we made

All fell beneath the smoke and blade

We cried for reasons, searched the sand

But in the end… the match was in your hand

And though it breaks me where I stand

I’ll walk away…

While you're holding the match in your hand