Always...

Every window has shut
Every curtain has fallen
Every memory cut off
Yet deep inside , a haunting.

Memories are now mere shadows
Thoughts are just moments
Tears have now dried
Yet somewhere inside, a silence.

Promises all broken
Heartbeats all frozen
The mind now rules
Yet somewhere it lingers, a memory.

Hatred tried and tested
Wounds that have now healed.
The courage now will never falter
Yet a hidden whisper speaks, a name.

A relief to have tried and lost
A gratitude for the moments
A lesson learnt hard and well
A scar , a mark to make me strong.

Always is so little a time
Forever seems lesser still
A promise new is made today
Rise I must & Rise I will.