SHE LEFT A POEM

"She Left a Poem" Soulful Pop Ballad – Radio-Ready Version By David Wayne Wood [Verse 1 – Soft piano, intimate vocal] She said it was just a poem— left trembling on the windowsill, ink still wet, like tears she never cried. The sun was falling fast behind her, her silhouette too far to feel... and I knew I’d just watched her say goodbye. [Pre-Chorus – Strings enter gently, slight lift] The lake just stared, pulling sweet memories down. Now all I hold are echoes that won’t drown... [Chorus – Soaring vocal, full strings, light percussion] She left a poem... then disappeared— no goodbye, just her fear folded in a page she couldn’t read aloud. The champagne stayed sealed, the glasses ran dry, and I’ve been drinking a thousand “whys.” She left a poem... and left me behind. [Verse 2 – Emotional build, piano + ambient textures] Her shoes were still beside the doorway, her scent asleep in cotton sheets. She wrote of stars that never made it home. Each line felt like a gentle warning, like love that learned to walk on knees... And now I sleep beside a dial tone. [Pre-Chorus – Variation with rising tension] The clock just ticks, a metronome for pain. I read her words, but can’t erase my name... [Chorus – Stronger vocal, layered harmonies] She left a poem... then disappeared— no goodbye, just her fear folded in a page she couldn’t read aloud. The champagne stayed sealed, the glasses ran dry, and I’ve been drinking a thousand “whys.” She left a poem... and left me behind. [Bridge – Stripped back, falsetto or soft vocal] Was I just the draft she tried to burn? A chapter she could never turn? Now every line she left behind keeps rewriting my goodbye... [Final Chorus – Full instrumentation, emotional climax] She left a poem... still echoing, a silent song with shattered wings. I hold her words like they could bring her back somehow. But pages fade, and ink will run, and I’m still chasing setting suns. She left a poem... but I’m the one who’s breaking now.