The Unheard Song

"There is a silence older than sorrow."

There is a silence older than the grave,

it waits in shadows, humming where we go.

It holds the songs we could not bring to save.

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The river bears the echoes it once gave,

its current carries grief the stars still know.

There is a silence older than the grave.

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The stones recall the memory they crave,

the roots still tremble with the undertow.

It holds the songs we could not bring to save.

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The air is heavy with the vow we gave,

each breath returning to the earth below.

There is a silence older than the grave.

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Regret is endless in the hush it gave,

yet still the silence sings beneath the snow.

It holds the songs we could not bring to save,

there is a silence older than the grave.