Echoes of Absence4

Verse

Born beneath a weight of stone,

A tender heart, a fragile bone.

Smiling through a winter sky,

Parents’ shadows, her lullaby.

One day truth cut through the seam,

A shattered glass, a silent scream.

Blood untold, the missing thread,

Puzzle complete inside her head.

Pre-chorus

She’s grown but still a child inside,

Reaching out where no hands hide.

Chorus

Mother unknown, yet etched in my veins,

Your absence a ghost that always remains.

I cradle my child but still feel small,

Longing for arms that never would call.

Hating and aching, yet yearning to see,

The mother who never once reached for me.

Verse

Years have drawn their lines so deep,

Dusk remembers the tears she keeps.

She blames the girl she couldn’t save,

No guiding voice, no hand that gave.

If only a mother to lean upon,

A lighthouse flicker before it’s gone.

In the fading orange glow she stands,

A silhouette with empty hands.

Pre-chorus

Questions linger, stars don’t reply,

She whispers them into the sky.

Chorus

Mother unknown, yet etched in my veins,

Your absence a ghost that always remains.

I cradle my child but still feel small,

Longing for arms that never would call.

Hating and aching, yet yearning to see,

The mother who never once reached for me.

Bridge

If heaven waits beyond this night,

Will your face emerge in light?

I won’t know you, but you’ll know me,

Two lost souls finally free.

Chorus

Mother unknown, yet close in a dream,

Your shadow flows through every stream.

When my eyes close, I almost see

The mother who’s always been searching for me.