WHERE IT IS GONE

In silent whispers, where once it thrived,
Gone is the laughter, the joy deprived.
Echoes linger where happiness dived,
In the emptiness where dreams contrived.

Through barren landscapes, the wind does moan,
Where love once blossomed, now overthrown.
In shadows cast, the heart does groan,
For what was cherished, now unknown.

Yet memories linger, faint and fainter still,
In the corners of the mind, a bittersweet chill.
Gone is the presence, the warmth to fill,
Leaving behind an ache, a void to till.

In the passage of time, it fades away,
The pain diminishes, day by day.
Yet traces remain, in the heart's decay,
For what is lost, forever may stray.