And The Road Goes On

Morning light creeps through the blinds Ghosts linger where you once slept Coffee cold, the silence binds In these walls where memories are kept And the road goes on without you here But I carry your shadow near Photographs in broken frames Echoes whispering your name Words we left unspoken Cut deeper than the ones we said And the road goes on without you here But I carry your shadow near In the mirror, I face myself Every scar a story told Mend these cracks with something else Let the healing take its hold Under stars, I'll chart my way Embracing all that fades to gray In letting go, I've come to see This is who I'm meant to be And the road stretches on ahead Leaving behind the words unsaid But I carry your shadow near As I step into the clear