(stone walls
hold whispers of what's-not-mine
echoes of laughter
in a life gone out of time)

sky's cold gaze
pricks through tears unshed
salt on skin
a love long since dead

bruised knuckles
rap on fate's cruel door
pleading for silence
for respite from the war

oh, for a haven
where shadows hold no sway
a moonlit path
leading me astray

(let me wander
through fields of forgotten dreams
in solace find
what shattered moonlight gleams).