Echoes of Goodbye

The rain kissed the window cold and slow. A shadow fading in the evening

glow. I called her name, it drowned in the dark.

Like a match that couldn't find a spark. She walked away, she didn't turn.

Left me in a world that burned. Every step an echo

of goodbye. She walked away, I don't know why. Her

coat was red against the gray. A splash of fire

then swept away. The pavement glistened with her tears. Her silence louder

than my fears. The words we never said, the love we