Where Your Laughter Stayed

Curtains closed, just the screen light
Four faded words below your tag
They danced for a bit
Then sank like a ship gone black
My hands still know your rhythm
Sending notes I never give them
My chest still rings with “almost said”
No sound tonight
You won’t decode this side of me
The hidden thoughts I dared not show
Keep me floating slow
No sound tonight
Maybe it will drift your way
Unvoiced echoes take this space
While I lose another day
One ping holds my breath
But it’s nothing, just the echo thread
I guessed it wasn’t you
Still I dreamed, like I always do
Silhouettes talk in the hush
Time won’t soften what I brush
Why does every silence bend toward you?
No sound tonight
Pretending calm feels hollow
Your spark won’t fade from this glass
Feels like we paused forever
No sound tonight
And again, you’re the last scene
Our lines caught in delay
While I play them back alone
Maybe your screen still holds
My face, the stories we tapped
Like a page you never erased
No sound tonight
I’ve stopped the hoping part
But still I wonder now and then
If you ever feel it too
No sound tonight
No real goodbye to keep
If I sleep through this quiet
Will I finally let you be~~~~?