Hollow Veins

Awake in silence
Where your shadow used to breathe
The bed remembers
But your warmth has left with me

I gave you everything
You left me nothing but the ache
Now I drown inside the stillness
Haunted by the space you make

Hollow veins
Carry the ghost of your name
I am quiet, I am ruin
You became
In the silence
I hear the echo of decay
Hollow veins
And you'll never fade away

You spoke of love
But kissed me with distance
Every touch a fracture
Every word resistance
If absence is a weapon
Then I am pierced through
If silence is a kingdom
I am buried in its tomb

Tear my soul!
Rip the skin!
Carve your ghost!
From within!
This emptiness
It calls my name
I'm not your slave
I'm not your grave

Hollow veins
Carry the ghost of your name
I am the quiet
I am the ruin
You became
In the silence
I hear the echo of decay
Hollow veins
But I will wash your ghost away

The silence stays
But you are gone
The night remains
I carry on