30/06/2026
When Love Fades
By Glydon Mwalabu
June 30, 2026
When love fades, all that remains are memories,
Like ashes left behind after a dying fire.
When love fades, what’s left is pretence,
A mask worn thin, as hollow as a drum.
When love fades, the heart bleeds in silence,
Yet the one you loved walks on, carefree as the wind.
We were best friends,
We did everything together,
Laughing like rivers in full flow.
Now it’s water under the bridge,
Dust blown into the thin air.
The frequency of words grows thin as mist,
Good morning and good night calls fade to history,
Like songs no one remembers the words to anymore.
That’s when you know it — love has slipped through your fingers,
Gone like sand, gone like smoke.
Yet you still cling to shadows,
Still waiting for rain from a cloudless sky.
You are told, “Don’t hold on. Let go.”
No more kisses. No more late-night secrets.
For love has packed its bags and left,
And all that remains are memories,
Memories sweet as honey, bitter as gall.
At night, in the quiet,
His or her face flickers behind closed eyes,
A film on repeat in your mind,
Because of all the moments you once built together.
When love fades,
Laughter turns cold as a winter stone,
Long calls become ghosts,
And secrets lock their doors.
Because when love is gone and done,
You are left with echoes…
Echoes of a heart that once believed forever.
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