The Love I lost to Life

I dream of you in shadows deep, In quiet moments where I weep, For all the love we could have known, Had life not claimed my heart as stone. I loved you then, I love you still, But duty bound my wandering will. I walked the path I could not flee, And left our dreams beneath the sea. Your voice, it echoes in my mind, A distant song I cannot find. I feel your touch in empty air, A ghost of love that isn’t there. The weight of family pressed me down, To wear another kind of crown. I chose the road I had to take, And broke my heart for others’ sake. Yet in the quiet of the night, I long to hold you, hold you tight. To whisper words we never said, And breathe the life we left for dead. I see your face in every star, A light I chased but couldn’t spar. The ties that held me kept us wide, Two worlds apart, two souls denied. Forgive the man I couldn’t be,Who loved you more than you could see. For in my heart, you’ll always stay, A love too deep to fade away. In Rhythms & Silence- Rajit