Faded Heart, Faded Soul

Was the lingering reflection
Just a passing of the love
Within this shattered dwelling
Is a wound worth speaking of.

A homage for the refuge
Where once a faith had lived
Now holds the broken pieces
Of a heart that can't forgive.

A soul that lost its beauty
By a lie told long ago
Now stands inside the emptiness
Unable to let go.

For just as surely as the heart
Reminds the soul to weep
It'll bring the hope of loving
In the dreams that follow sleep.

But holding to the memories
That tore a life in two
Will be the final judgement
When the pain has carried through.

Among the shards of hopelessness
Is the heart and soul's last breath
Distinguished by the hardened mind
With hands that offer death

Still, we sit inside ourselves
With thoughts we cannot hide
The inkling of a memory
That's formed from faded lies.