The Greatest Role You Never Played

In the quiet wings of life's grand stage,
A role of deception, cloaked from view,
Where separation whispered, "I'm here for you."

True love flickered in fleeting sighs,
A tough love cast through softened lies.

Distance grew like shadows near,
Yet I held your lines, sharp and clear.

You linger still, a ghostly shade.
Your voice, a whisper lost in time,
Echoes soft, yet steeped in rhyme.

You taught me strength in words unsaid,
In stolen glances, love unread.

A quiet force, unseen, unknown,
The way you hold me, all alone.

Though oceans vast now lie between,
And moments pass like faded scenes.

You wore a mask, turned every page,

In corridors where memories fade,

A silent part in my heart drawn.

You’re the chapter left unmade,

A parting written in life’s cruel script,
Of lips unkissed, of hands that slipped.                                                   

Yet, here you stay, in shadows cast                                                         

Script unwritten, yet somehow stayed—

The best role you never played.

For XZ

I, Empress