Ripples moved without a breeze
You were still, like ancient trees
Didn’t speak, but still I heard
All your silence word for word
Skies hung low in pastel gray
Framing what we didn’t say
Even clouds seemed not to drift
As if time forgot to shift
Water mirrored all our sighs
In the stillness, no disguise
Even shadows knew their place
Soft and slow across your face
Quiet lake held all we were
In each ripple, soft and pure
Even if we said goodbye
You still float beneath the sky
Wind was gone, but something stayed
In the hush the water made
Even now I feel you near
In the waves that disappear
Oars untouched, the boat adrift
Memories like early mist
Shoreline never pulled us back
But we loved each gentle crack
Cicadas hummed a secret tune
Written under faded moon
Every leaf above the bay
Held the words we couldn’t say
Nature kept our final scene
Unwritten but still serene
In the pause of every sound
There you stood, still all around
Quiet lake held all we were
In each ripple, soft and pure
Even if we said goodbye
You still float beneath the sky
Water holds what we let go
Drifting slow in undertow
Even if your hands aren’t mine
You still cross that waterline
Even silence in the wake
Feels like something we still make
Stillness hums like distant bells
Carrying what no one tells
Quiet lake held all we were
In each ripple, soft and pure
Even if we said goodbye
You still float beneath the sky
You’re the hush that midnight brings
Carried soft on water wings
Even when the moonlight breaks
You're the stillness in the lake