Aftertone

I left no words, just sound behind A breath that glitches in rewind Glitches bloom in the frame Every silence says my name Can you hear what never stayed? A whisper caught, then stripped away Aftertone-what's left of me Not the voice, just the debris Crashing softly in your head Like echoes of the things I said A piano speaks in broken code Footsteps vanish on the road No return and no escape I dissolve into the tape Playback warps the trace I made I exist in loss and fade Aftertone-I'm almost gone Noise remains, but I am none Still you listen for the line That never crossed, that once was mine