A Life That Never Was

I woke to find my life had blurred, A dream dissolved without a word. A love once lost, a war once won, Gone with the rising of the sun. The tears I shed, the hands I held, The echoes of a past that swelled— I grasp for moments, but in vain— The dream is gone, and I remain. Each breath I take, each blinking eye Unthreads the world where I did cry, Where joy had bloomed, where sorrow grew— A life once mine, now lost from view. Like jasmine scent upon the breeze, That lingers soft, then swiftly flees, I grasp for moments, but in vain— The dream is gone, and I remain. The tears I shed, the hands I held, The echoes of a past that swelled— Now weightless wisps of fleeting air, The dream is gone, and I remain. Each breath I take, each blinking eye Unthreads the world where I did cry, Where joy had bloomed, where sorrow grew— A life once mine, now lost from view.