In whispered chains, we linger still,
A dance of shadows on a stage of lies,
Your touch, a poison I cannot spill,
Wrapped in the silence of our cries.

Beneath the stars, our hearts once soared,
Yet now your words, a venomous tide,
The love we knew, now war we wage,
In this dark web, where hope has died.

Your gaze, a mirror of fractured dreams,
Reflecting scars I cannot erase,
In tangled webs of bitter schemes,
We lose ourselves in this toxic space.

Yet still I yearn for light to break,
To shatter chains and set us free,
In shadows’ wake, new paths we’ll take,
Away from this toxic memory.