FLEETING SHADOW

In a crowded room, our eyes met, Two souls adrift, in sorrow set. Your touch, a spark in endless night, Yet time conspired to dim our light. Promises whispered, dreams we shared, But fate, unkind, left us impaired. Now I stand alone, heart torn, Mourning love that couldn't be reborn. Can memories heal the wounds of the past, Or do they serve as chains, holding us fast? When love slips away like sand through our hands, How do we rebuild, alone, in distant lands? Is it better to have loved and lost, Than to live a life forever tossed? In the echoes of what could have been, We search for answers, lost within.