EMPTY WORDS

Words whispered soft, like summer rain,
Promises made, easing the pain.
A hand held tight, a loving gaze,
"Forever," you said, in sunlit haze.

We built a world of hope and dreams,
Beside the flowing, silver streams.
Each promise a stone, in our castle wall,
Protecting our love, from any fall.

But summer faded, leaves turned brown,
The promised castle started to fall down.
The whispered words, now echo cold,
A story of emptiness, growing old.

The stones crumbled, one by one,
The promises broken, the damage done.
Rain doesn't ease, it stings my face,
A hollow feeling, in this empty space.

And now I stand, in ruins bare,
With ghosts of promises, hanging in the air.
The loving gaze, has turned away,
Leaving me here, at the close of day.