Echoes of Emptiness: A Ballad of the Lost Soul

Echoes of Emptiness: A Ballad of the Lost Soul

In silent halls where shadows creep,
I wander wide, yet sink so deep.
The world moves on, its echoes loud,
Yet I remain—a face in the crowd.

The laughter fades, the voices die,
The stars blink once, then shun the sky.
A heart once bold, now pale and cold,
A story left—unfinished, untold.

A Dance with Solitude

Oh, loneliness, thou cunning thief,
You steal my joys, yet leave my grief.
A whispered sigh, an unseen tear,
Yet none shall ask, nor come too near.

Is this my fate, to drift alone,
To find no voice, to hear no tone?
Or is this night a test of will,
To stand unshaken, silent, still?

The Mirage of Control

I reached for dreams—they turned to dust,
Built homes of faith—now wrecked by rust.
With open hands, I begged the skies,
Yet silence met my earnest cries.

Did fate betray, or was it me,
For hoping life was mine to see?
A puppet’s dance, a fleeting show,
A script rehearsed, yet none shall know.

Defeat’s Unseen Gift

Defeat, thou art a ruthless friend,
Thy lessons sharp, yet wounds may mend.
For pain may carve what fate denies,
And ashes rise when fire dies.

The mighty fell, yet rose once more,
Their shattered pasts became their lore.
Perhaps defeat’s a whispered call,
Not to surrender—but to stand tall.

The Faintest Light

And what is life but threads unspun,
A tale half-told, a race half-run?
A spark may die, but not the flame,
A soul may bend, yet not to shame.

For though the night is long and deep,
The dawn still stirs, though now asleep.
And if I breathe, then so shall I
Find strength to rise, not wait to die.

Epilogue: A Choice to Make

So here I stand, on fate’s cruel brink,
Too lost to smile, too tired to think.
Yet if this tale is mine to weave,
I shall not go—I shall not leave.

For somewhere past this endless grey,
Awaits a time, a place, a day.
And till it comes, I’ll walk alone,
Through storms unkind, through paths unknown.

For even in the blackest night,
A soul may yet become its light.

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