Lingering Heartache

You text me, ask how I spent my day,

and I’m left with this truth I can’t bear to say.

Your song plays softly, the notes twist like a knife,

reminding me clearly of love lost from life.

A crumpled love letter hides in the drawer,

its words weigh like anchors, drowning ashore.

I can’t outrun the echoes, they cling like a ghost,

reminders of everything I wish I could boast.