November's Legacy

You never know when the last time will be

To watch November’s leaves fall free

One breath, one step, and then you’re gone

The potential inside you erased before dawn

Your life forever changed in a single breath

Innocence lost, a slow dance with death

My legacy forever is what the liar has to say

Never mind the fact that I truly died that day

"Why?" is the question that was stripped away The truth of it all, reframed, betrayed

In a voice not mine, my worth decayed

What I could give became their prey What I was, consumed for their need

They took it all in selfish greed

All I could be, it is now lost

Swept away in November's frost

My legacy forever, a liar’s decree

Hidden is the part that was stolen from me

Forever, time stood still that day

And truth untold was swept away

What might have been, now lost to time

A silent betrayal, a hidden crime

The liar holds the quill, my voice erased

Ink spills lies where truth’s displaced

Their words lament a counterfeit lore

Painting me in shades I never wore

What I was, they twist and bind

A fractured tale for the world to find

My silence screams beneath their guise

A story told through malignant lies

Much remains unseen by undiscerning eyes

The rage consumes but I cannot create

A cruel reminder of a stolen fate

Though the ember burns, it smolders in vain

This ember will never be more than its chains

Fuel devoured by unyielding pain

I was surrendered to unending strife

Suffering etched into the skin of my life

No spark to rise, no flame to grow

Just ash and fury, with nowhere to go

I can't get back what they stole,

Used up, spent, for another's goal

A part of me lost, gone beyond return

An ember snuffed, yet it continues to burn

All is not lost when it is dead

It recycles through rage of potential instead

Coming to terms with the truths cut short

The spirit is free, but it is still hurt

The waiting room is where we all go

When there are truths we still need to know

The song of your soul continues to play

Indiscriminate chaotic melody reverberates

It's where souls silently refrain and wait

For an honest love to resonate

Until someone dares to reach through the night

A fool with a hand seeking flickering light

To touch what was broken, to share the refrain

To honor the depth of your silent pain

What was lost finds form anew

When love answers the call and sees it through