You never filled our hands with things No shiny words, no reasons why You only sat and watched us grow Like time was something you could give away You looked at us like we were enough Before we ever tried to be And somehow that became the love That still is tearing through me We were so small inside your rooms The air was quiet when you smiled You never told us who to be You only stayed with us a while And when they said you couldn’t stay The walls just felt too close The world kept breathing, moving on While ours just froze We couldn’t let you fade away So we held on until it hurt We felt you walking through the dark We heard you say our names in silence first We couldn’t let you disappear You were the ground beneath our pain But love is learning how to lose So we let you go… and stayed the same They said our hands were strong enough To carry life without your breath That love is not a place to hide From growing older, loss, and death They told us not to call you back Not to keep you here with need But every step we take alone Still sounds like you to me We couldn’t let you fade away We kept you close inside our fear Your presence filled the empty rooms You felt more real than being here We couldn’t let you disappear You were the calm we couldn’t save So now we walk this life alone And let you go… into the grave If love is more than holding on Why does it feel like we betray Everything you ever were Each time we choose another day We couldn’t let you fade away You were the time we never had You gave us nothing but yourself And that was everything we lacked We let you go with open hands With shattered hearts, with burning pain You don’t come back, but you remain In every breath… in every name You were not gone when you were near And now you’re gone… but everywhere
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