The Heart You Left Behind

Some nights, I still wake up reaching for you
Not because I want you back
But because I want answers

I gave you love
The kind that lights the dark
And you
You left me with silence

But even in the silence, I still feel something
Not hate, not regret
Just the echo of a heart that believed
Maybe too much

This is for the nights I couldn't sleep
For the truth you never said
This is for me now

I waited in the rain for signs
A message in the lights, a whisper in the wind
You kissed me like I'm forever
But you were kissing someone else within

The clock struck pain at 3 AM
While I stared at the phone that never rang
You promised dreams, then sold me lies
And walked away like I was nothing again

But I won't be a fool tonight
The truth may bleed, but it feels right
You left me standing in the fire
Burning with the questions in my mind
Tore my hope apart from your desire
And still pretended love was kind

You said forever like a lie
But you forgot the heart you left behind

I see your shadow in the streetlights
Your name stickers in every passing train
Still wearing smiles from friends who never knew
The nights I've drowned in quiet pain

I danced with ghosts of who we were
Pretending not to see the truth so near
But silence screamed louder than your words
And now I'm finally here

I tried to hold what wasn’t mine
Now I'm holding peace instead of time

You left me standing in the fire
Burning with the questions in my mind
Tore my hope apart with your desire
And still pretended love was kind

You said forever like a lie
But you forgot the heart you left behind