I carry your name inside my chest,

A secret wound that will not rest.

Each heartbeat calls, but you don’t hear,

A silent scream no one draws near.

I watch you smile, so bright, so free,

While shadows gather silently.

You move through life without a care,

Unknowing that I’m always there.

My words lie tangled on my tongue,

A song of love that’s left unsung.

I paint your face on midnight skies,

But you look through, with empty eyes.

I wait in corners, out of sight,

A ghost that haunts your fading light.

Hoping once you’ll glance my way,

But knowing you’ll just walk away.

This love I bear is sharp and cold,

A story never to be told.

It’s longing wrapped in endless night,

A candle burned without a light.

No hand to hold, no voice to hear,

Just solitude and falling tear.

For you’ll never know, nor ever see,

The depths of this unyielding sea.

So here I stay, a heart undone,

Bound to love that’s come to none.

An ache that time will not release,

My unrequited, endless peace.