Love Lost

The flame that once burned with a radiant glow,
Now flickers and fades, a warmth drifting low.
The tapestry of dreams begins to softly fray,
Colors once vibrant turn to shades of quiet gray.
Where laughter resided, tears now softly fall,
Echoes of promises linger against the wall.
A heart once entwined now beats a lonely song,
A sense of something precious, forever gone.
Whispers of "what if" haunt my restless sleep,
The sweet recollections bittersweet to keep.
The weight of this loss, a burden on my soul,
A fractured piece of me that time can't make whole.
Though paths must diverge, and futures realign,
The fragments of you within my heart will always shine.
The ache may linger, a bittersweet refrain,
But a resilience emerges from the depths of pain.