The city breathes a velvet hum beyond this window pane
Another evening draped in silk, shielding me from the rain.
These gilded walls, they softly chime with tales of comfort bought
A fragile peace, a life designed, precisely how it ought.
He calls me "darling," with a gaze that measures every cost
A silent, shimmering agreement, where my former self is lost.
It’s a jazz-club haze at midnight, a slow, melancholic hum
Dancing with a ghost of comfort, till the morning gently comes.
This golden silence, it weighs heavier than any whispered plea
Reflected in these watchful, ever-solemn, distant eyes of me.
The morning coffee, black and deep, fills the spacious air
Another diamond glinting, for the heart I cannot share.
He speaks of futures, painted bright, with promises so grand
While faded dreams, like forgotten tunes, slip slowly through my hand.
Sometimes I wonder, in the shadows, what I truly seek
Beyond this comfortable illusion, week after quiet week.
It’s a jazz-club haze at midnight, a slow, melancholic hum
Dancing with a ghost of comfort, till the morning gently comes.
Just a gilded cage, where freedom wears a polished, golden key.