The Song That Never Was

 

You and I — two opposing worlds,

Locked in a silent power struggle,

But for the soul of the art we so desperately try to make.

...

You were furious when the song played differently than you imagined,

Each off-note of mine crashing against your careful harmony.

Your spirit is gentle, measured —

And yet, around you, I shrink under the pressure of control.

What weakens you — sounds unpredictability — is where I thrive.

Enough with the discord — let’s return to the page,

and bleed these thoughts onto something tangible.

...

There you are — tucked into the brightest corner of this faded space.

You once told me, “I can’t write in such dullness,”

And yet you keep coming  again and again.

I curled in the shadows of the same room, release the weight I’ve carried alone —

My darkness sinking deeper into the faded daylight.

Maybe this time we will find agreement — between your clean words and my frayed expressions.

I chose the voice of darkness while you opted for the light – no surprise.

And in this attic — where time pauses —

We let the words spill, without shame – rough and mellow, onto the same worn page we called poetry.

...

I saw you — radiant, like a truth never spoken aloud,

And yet I drifted toward you like falling dust pulled by a gravity I still refuse to name.

We orbit each other — two artist lost in the melody we never learned —

Who is the flame burning for applause, and who is the rust clinging to memory of pride?

Your quiet presence slices through the air —

Your jaw tight, your spine unyielding against this collapsing moment.

Near you, I become unfinished — yet somehow, you read what I refuse to reveal.

I summon fog to shield myself but you move through it effortlessly,

As if my vanishing act was never convincing.

I wear composure like a mask, each of your silent glances framed and buried.

Don’t look away — your gaze still carries everything your silence dares not speak.

You and I — two echoes stitched together, two verses searching for a chorus that will not arrive.

You are earthbound — constant, seeking clarity.

I remain undefined — watching from above, not to escape, but to see from where I cannot be seen.

We speak no words,

But this room — our unfinished stage — hears it all.

Here, we revise each other’s truths without ever finishing the edits.

We lie beautifully — every sentence rehearsed,

Every glance dressed in meaning we never meant to wear.

Remnants of what is better left buried — yet never truly gone.

...

Another draft, another painful moment -

We fight, we write, we try to harmonize.

Again, the lyrics feel unresolved — just like us.

One of us needs to anchor, to define, to possess.

The other just wants to move freely, untethered.

My independence rebels against your protection.

Another clash. Another refusal to compromise.

I stay in my corner, alone — the lyrics finally done,

But the song is a true evidence of another botched attempt.

We are not a good creative match — no matter how often we try to prove otherwise.