There’s a corner of my heart where you once softly stood
a fragile place you touched before you learned to walk away
I see the ghost of what we were and all we almost could
still lingering in the sunlight of that almost-yesterday
Your hands were gentle storms that warmed the coldness in my bones
yet trembled with the fear of loving more than you could hold
You left behind the echo of a dream we never owned
a promise half-remembered in a story left untold
If courage had arrived for you before the turning tide
maybe you would’ve stayed and learned the safety in my arms
Maybe every shattered moment would have bloomed instead of died
and love would rise unbroken through its quiet healing charms
In another life I hope the world won’t feel so frayed
and you’ll walk the final distance that your heart was once afraid
I’ll wait for you in all the places
where you almost stayed—
until the fear dissolves
and every leaving is repaid