A Lost Soul

Shadows stretch but leave no trace,

Footsteps fade before the dawn.

Echoes whisper in my mind,

Memories blurred, already gone.

Time slips through my open hands,

Yet the hours still drag on.

The stars don’t shine the way they did,

Their light now distant, cold, and dim.

The songs I knew have lost their tune,

The colors blurred at every rim.

Each moment feels just out of reach,

Like a dream I can't begin.

Faces pass, their voices dull,

Like fleeting ghosts in misty grey.

I reach for something once so clear,

But it dissolves and drifts away.

The world moves on, but I remain,

A lost soul in the fray.

Will I wake or will I fade,

If I can’t break through the haze?

The sun still rises, still it sets,

Yet I am trapped in endless days.

A puzzle missing half its pieces,

Drifting in this hollow maze.