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My eyes skim the letters, the curves, the dotted I’s.

Three lines. That’s all he left me.

Annie,

I’ll forever wonder if you were my best friend or the girl I was supposed to marry.

Either way, you’re the love of my life.

Never stop chasing your midnights.

—C

Beside the note is his silver ring.

I scream.

Sob.

Break into infinite pieces.

The paper slips from my fingers as my knees hit the floor.

And just like that—

All the music dies.

Night Song

I used to chase the sun

A fire bold and bright

Now I’m standing in the ashes of a hollow, wasted fight

Every promise turned to smoke

A matchstick in the sky

A dying light, a smothered flame

Our pieces drifting by

But you, you never faded

Even when the world turned cold

A candle out of reach

A spark I couldn’t hold

Do you hear the echoes?

Do they haunt you in the night?

All the words we left unspoken

Longing for the light