**The scars on our hearts, **

**etched with whispers, **

**soft secrets shared, **

**silent nights that tangled **

**in the glow of worry.**

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**You stood there, **

**a shadow of the boy **

**I used to know, **

**humming to the pain, **

**waltzing with darkness **

**like an old friend.**

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**I reached for you, **

**but every step **

**seemed to pull you back, **

**wrapped in chains **

**that glittered like stars, **

**so far away.**

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**And in the end, **

**the silence screamed, **

**too loud, too heavy— **

**the weight of your choices, **

**a sad goodbye **

**that hung in the air, **

**while I stared at your scars, **

**wondering where **

**You lost the light.**