A Reflection from the Dark Past

In the mirror of shadows, a visage remains Etched in sorrow, tethered in pain A whisper of moments lost to the void Memories fractured, futures destroyed The air is thick with the weight of despair Echoes of voices that no longer care Steps retraced on a desolate path A haunting reflection of fate's cruel wrath Hands once reaching, now frozen in fear Clutching the fragments of what disappeared Each step forward is a stumble in grief A labyrinth carved from unyielding belief Through the cracks of the glass, the past bleeds through Colors now faded, shadows askew The burden of time is a chain that won't break Dragging the soul to a cold, endless wake Beneath the shroud of the years left behind A phantom stirs, entwined in the mind It sings of regret, of sins unconfessed A reflection eternal, the dark repossessed