Time slips like ash through fingers Days vanish in hollow echoes We chase shadows of ourselves Ghosts of love we let decay Every heartbeat, a wound Every step, a memory burned Fleeting moments Stolen breaths Pain whispers Hope shivers Celebrate the ache Celebrate the loss Celebrate the fading light We linger, we endure Regret claws deep Memories unravel The past lingers Yet the fire bleeds inside Hope fractures Time corrodes In the quiet We gasp for air