Company On Rainy Days

their faces, their laughs, the echoes of our past never leave they hide beneath the cover of everyday life, waiting for that moment when the mood drops and the days turn wet and gloomy. they appear again, just outside my line of sight, whispering memories of everything we ever did together. my mind tells me they’re gone to let go, to move on. i tell you, i tell myself: until the day we’re reunited, i’ll wait. i’ll hold onto every memory. for you, my brother, i’ll visit the place you lay. for you, whose name i dare not mention, i’ll wish you the best with whatever’s left of the heart you ripped out of my chest. i’ve loved. i’ve lost. i’ve mourned. now, i face the shadows of the past, still wishing those days weren’t our last. and on nights when my mind won’t sleep, you all return to remind me, you’ll never let me rest, and maybe i don’t want you to.