You stood in flickering candlelight,
Too fragile for a fight.
Your trembling breath said more
Than any plea before.
You folded all your tired hope,
Too worn-out to cope.
I watched you come undone,
And knew our end had begun.
You were the love I watched collapse,
Falling through my hands, perhaps.
I couldn’t lift you up—
I was never strong enough.
One final tear,
Too late to hear.
I saw your heartbeat fade,
Inside the mess we made.
You slipped like dying ash,
Too soft for me to catch.
Your pain became the ground,
Where my own loss was found.
Now nothing fills the gaps—
Of the love I watched collapse.
I hold the scent you left behind,
A bruise inside my mind.
Your voice still breaks my sleep,
Too wounded and too deep.
The past is all I breathe,
A truth I can’t relieve.
I live in shattered maps—
Of the love I watched collapse.
You were the love I watched collapse,
Falling through my hands, perhaps.
I couldn’t lift you up—
I was never strong enough.
Too far to save,
A sinking wave.
You fell through all my fears,
Across the wasted years.
I tried but couldn’t mend
The breaking of our end.
Your sorrow cut too deep,
A wound I’ll always keep.
Forever in the cracks—
Lies the love I watched collapse.
You were the love I watched collapse,
Falling through my hands, perhaps.
I couldn’t lift you up—
I was never strong enough.
Nothing comes back—
Just collapse.
The love…
I watched collapse.
