What I Couldn’t Hold

It rained inside where hurt once lived, A calm that felt like healing’s start. I followed light that wasn't mine, Knowing it would never stay. I thought the ache had learned to sleep, That peace had finally found its place. But stillness cracked, and light withdrew, And silence filled the empty space. I woke inside the fire again, The weight returned I’d tried to hide. Not loss, but what had kept me whole Now gone, and something in me died. -Stack