Becoming Your Shadow

I have learned the art of silence now,
to hear the words once met with vows.
Not out of fear, nor helpless cries,
but for the peace where quiet lies.

I’m tired of battles fought in vain,
of echoes whispering old refrains.
No more can I relive the past,
it’s time to let this go at last.

A stranger now, I choose to be,
no longer tied to you or me.
For every hope, you broke with ease,
for every promise empty, deceived.

When I needed you, you weren’t there,
not in my joy, nor in despair.
You lived within your world so small,
and never saw my world at all.

But time has played its cruelest part,
it carved your shadow in my heart.
Now, in the mirror, clear I see,
the face I wear is yours, not me.