Your echo held a shape of dawn
carved by whispers soft and warm
I touched the ghost your smile had drawn
in dreams that gathered round my form
My footsteps crossed the fragile air
that once held all your trembling lines
the world grew still from every stare
you left between the ancient pines
A tender vow rose through the hush
like petals cupped beneath the rain
each moment bloomed beneath the blush
of love reborn through hidden pain
Hold close the echoes fate once kept
hold close the truth our hearts began
the soul remembers where it wept
then learned to rise and breathe again