Calling From The Silence

October wind cuts through the pines like regret
We walk these shadowed paths where the moonlight barely bends
My steps feel guided by a grief I can't forget
Toward a place my heart already knows but my mind defends

Something whispers warnings in the rustling leaves tonight
A heavy pull beneath my ribs, a cold familiar ache
I push ahead through fog that blinds the fading light
Chasing ghosts I swore I'd left behind for both our sakes

She's calling from the silence, from the stone beneath the hill
Every star feels dimmer now, the night won't let me go
I buried love but love won't stay forever still
Drawing me back where the dead roots grow

Where the dead roots grow

Memories bloom like flowers on a forgotten grave
Her voice in every echo, her touch in freezing air
I almost turn away but the darkness pulls me brave
To face the truth I ran from, standing right there

She's calling from the silence, from the earth that holds her tight
Every shadow knows her name, the wind repeats her sigh
I buried love but love keeps burning through the night
Pulling me under where the lost ones lie

Where the lost ones lie

Now the mist has cleared and I see the marble cold
The weight of every promise broken on this haunted ground
My soul beside me trembles, both of us too old
To pretend we didn't know where these dark roads led us down

She's waiting in the silence, past the veil where living ends
Every star has turned away, the night has claimed its due
I buried love but love still calls me as a friend
Bringing me home where the lost stay true

Where the lost stay true
Where the lost stay true

©2026 Hugh Mungus