When Fireworks Fade

You softly said, “It’s cold tomorrow, dress warm and stay dry”
I smiled and nodded, just a line drifting by
Words so plain, like dates on a page,
Unmarked in time, forgotten with age

Dreams unspoken, burst like foam,
So close, so sweet, then all alone
I’m not quite sure if I still can
Dream of someday, with someone again

I used to believe in a place called “Us”,
A future awaiting, calm without rush
Where you’d wear white and I would sing,
Beneath warm lights, beneath love’s wing

Dreams unspoken, burst like foam,
So close, so sweet, then all alone
Maybe I gave too much, too soon,
Believed in stars beneath no moon

But when you said, “I’m tired,” so low,
I finally learned to let you go
It hit me then, like breaking glass—
Our “we” was me, and that’s all it was

Now I don’t know how to trust with ease,
How to believe when hearts still freeze
I’m not quite sure if I still can
Dream of someday, with someone again

Dreams unspoken, burst like foam,
So close, so sweet, then all alone
Maybe I gave too much, too soon,
Believed in stars beneath no moon

Now I don’t know how to trust with ease,
How to believe when hearts still freeze
I’m not quite sure if I still can
Dream of someday, with someone again