Just once, I wish you'd hear the silence I scream,

My love for you isn’t loud—it’s buried deep like a secret in my skin.

If I could burn, I’d burn all over again, just to feel your name echo inside me.

You’re not just someone I love… you’re the reason my heart still believes.

Sometimes I wish I could erase it all,

That cursed lie, that silent moment, the words I never said…

If time could turn back, just once,

I’d hold you before the cold settled in

And tell you, “I’m still your little girl… just a bit lost.”

I remember the laugh,

How you said no one could be this sweet and this stubborn?

Well, I still am,

Still the same girl—just a little more broken now

But still yours.

I don’t call anymore,

I don’t beg,

But at night, I whisper your name

Like a prayer no one hears,

Like a storm only my chest can feel.

And if one day, this song finds its way to you,

Know that behind every "I'm sorry" I never said,

There’s a world full of "I love you"s

That only belonged to you

And always will.

All I ever wanted… was you,

Not because you’re perfect,

But because when I looked at you,

I finally understood—

Love only happens once,

And for me…

That once…

Was you.