Where You Once Stood

Through these worn floorboards and fading stone
Whispers linger, though the past has flown
Someone stood and watched this sunset glow
From this window, dreams they couldn't show
Their coffee cooled, their thoughts held still
A heartbeat echoed through the chill

Time is but a veil that shifts and fades
Binding lives in silent masquerades
We share this space, though years apart
A fleeting dance of fragile hearts
If we could reach through years gone by
Would we see the same stars in their sky?

Did they too waltz in candle's gleam?
Spin their hopes into the midnight dream?
Their laughter softens in the breeze
It blends with mine, a harmony unseen
Each fleeting moment, shades align
A whispered echo, lost in time

At times, their shadows brush my skin
The silence hums where they have been
Like threads of light, entwined and spun
Through boundless ages, we are one
A thousand lives, a fleeting trace
Together woven in this space

Time is but a veil that shifts and fades
Binding lives in silent masquerades
We share this space, though years apart
A fleeting dance of fragile hearts
If we could reach through years gone by
Would we see the same stars in their sky?

And when my story meets its close
Another soul will find repose
They'll stand and gaze where I once stood
Feel the pulse of this eternal wood
Through endless echoes, threads entwine
Your story blending into mine