Shattered Heartbeats

I watch the light slip from your face

Your hands shake

Lost in empty space

The clock ticks loud

But time won't heal

You’re fading slow

You’re hard to feel

And I’m screaming at the silence

But it never screams back

Holding your shadow

While the world fades to black

Our baby’s gone

You’re leaving too

Shattered heartbeats—what am I supposed to do?

The whiskey drowns your broken voice

Each sip a nail

Each breath a choice

You stare through me like I’m not there

You’ve built a wall I can’t repair

I reach for you

I fall through air

It’s not fair

It’s not fair

And I’m screaming at the silence

But it never screams back

Holding your shadow while the world fades to black

Our baby’s gone

You're leaving too

Shattered heartbeats—what am I supposed to do?

The ghost of us

It haunts the hall

Pictures on the floor

I watch them fall

Do you see me?

Do you see me at all?

Or am I just a memory...

A name you can’t recall?