Hope and love

The words are mine Started as a poem back in 2005 Finished 9.10.2026 First verse is the original poem I am haunted By the ghosts of my past They torment my present And chase away my future They bind me With their spectral chains In perpetual twilight To await a dawn That never comes They howl through The silence of my mind Shattering my dreams And tearing my peace These specters That once bore the names Hope and Love… A heart made of promises... turning to rust Walking through fire Dreaming of rain I held on tight until it slipped Name by name They wore me thin Learning the language... of silence and pain Hope and Love Still call out to me I reach for light But the dark pulls me under A room full of echoes A sky full of thunder If love is real Then let it break Through these walls Through this ache If hope has a face Why does it lie Why does it hide I’m standing here In the wreck of me Waiting for a door That I can’t see I have been here… Too long Far too long A heart made of promises... turning to rust Walking through fire Dreaming of rain I held on tight until it slipped Name by name They wore me thin Learning the language... of silence and pain A ghost in the static Searching for heat in the cold A spark in the ashes A story untold Hope is a fever Burning through bone Leaving me hollow Chasing a feeling… I can't follow I'm screaming in silence Drowning in air Reaching for something That isn't there A door with no handle A key made of dust A heart made of promises... turning to rust Walking through fire Dreaming of rain I held on tight until it slipped Name by name They wore me thin Learning the language... of silence and pain turning to rust Walking through fire Dreaming of rain I held on tight until it slipped Name by name They wore me thin Learning the language... of silence and pain A heart made of promises...