Paper Stars

(hmmmmm) The raindrops tap against the train room window,

A quiet rhythm in the fading light.

Your empty seat is bathed in golden amber,

Before the dusk turns everything to night.

I reach out to the shadow you left behind,

Tracing letters in the condensation's chill.

The world outside keeps moving fast and endless,

While every part of me is frozen still.

If I call your name into the evening sky,

Will the wind carry it back to where you are?

We were holding hands beneath a sky of paper stars,

Now I'm looking for a ghost that traveled far.

The cherry blossoms fall like quiet tears,

A gentle breeze that whispers through the trees.

I’m left here standing in the afterglow,

Trying to breathe in memories.

Your melody still echoes in the hallway,

A sudden chord that disappears too soon.

I walk alone past all our old haunts now,

Underneath a silent, sharp white moon.

You always laughed when I would look so gloomy,

And promised we would see the summer end.

So why am I the only one remaining,

Learning how to live without my friend?

Time moves on without asking for permission,

Washing out the colors that we drew.

I close my eyes and try to find the sunrise,

In a world that lost its spark without you.

The train rolls on into the midnight fog.

I hold my coat against the sudden cold.

Goodbye to all the promises we made...

And every story left untold. (ahhhh)