Somewhere I Left Me

I packed my dreams in silent sighs,

Chased neon truths beneath warm skies.

A city pulsed, and so did I,

Alive beneath the desert sky.

No map had drawn the path I took,

Just whispers where I used to look.

I didn't know what peace would mean,

Until I lived inside that dream.

The noise, the lights, the stillest days,

Where time slipped past in golden haze.

I wasn't rich, I wasn't known,

But something deep inside me had grown

I laughed without the weight of plans,

Had love with tired, grateful hands.

No future tugged, no past could chase,

I found my breath, I found my place.

But then I turned, for reasons blurred,

By memories that softly stirred.

And just like that, I said goodbye,

To stars I used to sleep beneath the sky.

Now every day, I miss the glow,

Of life that let my spirit grow.

Not chasing dreams, not needing proof,

Just being held inside my truth.

So when the ache begins to swell,

I play the scenes I know too well.

And in that reel of love and light,

I feel the pieces fit just right.

This isn't where the story ends,

The heart still moves, the soul still bends.

And if I want that life once more,

I'll build the bridge, I'll find the door.