Moonlight pools on the vacant seat your scarf still draped across the rail I breathe the hush that fills this street like tides retreating without fail words once spoken drift untied no hand to hold them as they rise I said I love you into endless blue stars don't echo back but the silence feels true I said I love you not to turn time round just to send it gently to the ground floorboards creak in midnight chill bare feet trace where you once stood every draft becomes your will then fades like mist in morning wood voice now threads a silver line through all the things I can't unwind I said I love you through the humming air memories flicker thin and bare still the meaning lingers there I said I love you not to bind or plead just a breath released from deep need if it reaches you beyond the haze past the glow of distant suns know it carries no request only peace when all is done I said I love you soft as falling ash not to pull you from your path just to let the moment pass I said I love you now the sky is wide watch it lift like stardust then subside