A grainy film, in shades of gray,
Where shadows dance and lovers sway.
The air is thick with smoke and sin,
As midnight calls, we both give in.
You looked at me with reckless eyes,
Like secrets hidden in the skies.
A kiss, a whisper, soft and slow,
But underneath, we both should know.
We laughed beneath a starless sky,
Where silver ghosts and dreams had died.
The frame was cracked, the focus blurred,
Yet in the silence, truth was stirred.
The reel spins fast, the cuts too sharp,
A promise lost in shadows' arc.
The aperture of love had closed,
Exposing all we never chose.
But then you turned, the truth was clear,
A plot twist I had always feared.
In the black-and-white, our colors bled,
Now I’m the one left lost instead.
The credits roll, but you're not here,
A fade to black, I disappear.
The film is over, all that's left,
Is me alone with love's regret.