The Ghost She Let Go (A Love Divided — Part ll)

I crossed the sea with dreams untamed A boy who built his wealth and name She wore the crest of blood and land But loved me all the same I begged her then — “Come be my wife” A house, a fire, a quiet life She kissed me once but didn’t stay She turned my love away ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Ten years I stayed across the tide Buried the ache, pretended pride But fate, or something cruel and sweet Has brought me back to old elite ⸻ [Chorus] She looked at me like time stood still But colder now — or just a chill She broke me once, I won’t let her know I’m just the ghost she let go She’ll smile, I’ll nod, the crowd will talk She’ll sip her wine and I’ll take stock But there’s no flame that burns so slow As one that never got to glow ⸻ [Verse 2] The girl I brought — she holds my hand She’s kind, she laughs, she makes life warm But love like that — it scars a man And never quite reforms She wears regret like pearls and thread And I pretend I do not see The way she looks, like I am dead But still belongs to me ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] She didn’t ask, I didn’t say But every glance gives me away And though I smile, I feel her stare The one I lost is standing there ⸻ [Chorus] I look at her like time stands still A void that only she could fill She loved me once — she’ll never show I’m just the ghost she let go She’ll dance with lords and I’ll behave But deep beneath the polished grave I ache for what I’ll never know For her — the ghost I let go ⸻ [Bridge – soft, but raw] I loved her once, I love her still But pride’s a debt I’ll always bill She chose the world that caged her in And I won’t beg to lose again ⸻ [Final Chorus – swelling emotionally] She looked at me like life rewound But we are lost, and never found She broke me once — I let her go But ghosts don’t ever truly go So raise a glass, and call it fate We met too young, we loved too late She’ll never know how deep it goes I was the ghost She let go