For a lonely night

Soft whispers of the now forgotten evening

Orange skies dying along with the setting sun

You took my hand in yours and said those words

The words that flew away with the wind before reaching my ears

I asked you to repeat what you just said

But you smiled that mischievous smile of yours and shook your head

Let those words reach you on a lonely night, you said

A night when we are no longer in each other's thoughts

During that time belonging to a now distant past

I didn't think a day when you aren't by my side would exist

And so I forgot to look for those words lost in the winds

Said for a lonely night like this

Now I hear your laugh and I know it is for someone else

I hear your voice and I know it isn't meant for me

And even though I know those words will never change the way things are

On lonely nights such as today, I look for your voice in the howling winds

And sometimes I think I hear a faint whisper

Sometimes I think I'm finally hearing what you said so long ago

But then I realize that it isn't your voice

But my lonely mind that is whispering that tomorrow, I will miss you less

And even in the game of missing people and forgetting people

At some point I have to take a break or quit the game

And soon, you, your words, your existence will be stored

In the place of my mind where the dust keeps gathering, undisturbed