Once we walked through endless days,
Shared secrets under twilight’s gaze.
Laughter echoed in the air,
A friendship pure, beyond compare.

But time has ways to twist and turn,
Leaves us with lessons hard to learn.
Promises falter, trust does break,
Leaving shadows in their wake.

Words once kind now feel so cold,
Memories tarnished, stories old.
A bond once strong now lies in dust,
Collapsed under a weight of mistrust.

Yet in the quiet, still remains,
The echo of our laughter’s strains.
Though paths diverge and hearts may mend,
The ghost of friendship in the end.