Nothing Said Goodbye [SSC7 Make Us Cry Challenge]

She wore her headphones like armor Tuned out the world like a song she hated Said sleep was just a bad commercial Between the nightmares she created Her smile was a borrowed language She spoke it like it hurt to try I swear I saw her walking backward Every time I looked her in the eye I didn’t know what to say So I said nothing And nothing said goodbye She’s not coming back this time Not from that place in her mind Where everything burns and nothing explains Where the air goes still and the silence stains She’s not coming back this time No matter how loud I scream her name She’s gone And I’m still here Standing in the silence Where she used to be I found her lighter on my windowsill And it felt like a cruel little joke Like a dare from someone already gone Like she knew I'd keep the smoke There was no note, no final message Just her coat still on the chair Like she walked out to buy some coffee And vanished into the air I didn't hold her hard enough Or maybe I held too tight Either way, she slipped right through She’s not coming back this time Not from that place in her mind Where gravity bends and memories ache Where truth is a drug that no one takes She’s not coming back this time And I can’t fix what I couldn’t see She’s gone And I’m still here Wearing the weight Of what she didn’t say to me Maybe I missed it Maybe I knew Maybe I’m just like her too She’s not coming back this time She made peace in her own way And if there’s light, I hope it found her If there’s pain, I hope it stayed She’s not coming back this time And I still whisper her name To no one To nothing To the part of me she never blamed Lyrics: Cheshirah