What Never Was

I look at you for the last time,
in the reflection of what I dreamed,
you were a whisper between my lips,
a promise I never reached.

We were a path without walking,
an afternoon that never dawned,
the stars that never saw,
the story that the wind erased.

Goodbye, love, to what never was,
to the kisses I didn't give you,
to the days we didn't live,
to the destiny that vanished for you.
Goodbye, love, to what never existed,
we got lost in the attempt,
we were an echo without sound,
a story that time forgot.

I will keep in my chest what didn't happen,
the words that never came out,
an "I love you" that died at birth,
and a goodbye that didn't want to hurt.