How did so much come to nothing

Leaving just an empty space

When everything was over

And there were no truths left to face

Just aching walls of silence

With a window to the past

Highlights where it all went wrong

And where we tried to make it last

It’s almost like a crime scene, now

Missing just a chalked-up outline

To represent the bodies

Who we were before the fault line

Came crashing down around us

Like a plane we couldn’t fly

Or an ocean bent on flooding

Every dream we held inside

I look around that empty room

Deep inside my soul

To remind myself of all I’ve lost

Before I turn to go

There’s nothing left in there for me

It’s time to lock the door

And leave behind the memories

Of who I was before

That one brief shining moment

Those too few wonderous years

That were only just a fairytale

There’s no happy ending, here.

~Mandy Kocsis©2023~