I stayed too long on ground that was never mine Traded promises for hours, gave more than I had inside Left a part of me where no one else can see Now I walk through halls that no longer know me He sweeps the street wearing what he doesn't feel Makes noise, calls the world, but none of it is real He cleans the spots where I cried in silence And the one who once led me just wipes away my guidance I saw the bag opened without a word They touched what was his, and what I gave unheard Black like the doubt if they’ll remember me And all the love I gave so selflessly And what if one day I come back and no one sees? If the name I spoke with love fades in the breeze? If he and the other smile, pretending I was never there? If all I was just vanishes into air? The hall of honor holds water I never drank Bottled up emotions in every silent thank I built, protected, gave my all when they came But now I fear, did he do the same? They gave me a moment, a speech, a goodbye But tomorrow’s the thing that still makes me cry Not for what I was – but for not being recalled For seeing my name erased, my story stalled And what if I return and no one waits for me? If they look like strangers where I used to be? If he traded my silence for someone new? If the place that shaped me echoes like it never knew? I stayed too long And maybe too long is still not enough For someone to remember my love