**Ode to Buried Memories **
From depths of earth, I excavate the past,
Melodies of friendships lost, long cast.
Like echoes from a distant, mournful place,
Songs of companions gone, without a trace.
Soft murmurs rise, like whispers in the wind,
Of laughter shared, confidences entwined.
Each note a fragment of the tapestry,
That bound our souls in days of reverie.
Through fading frames of photographs I peer,
Seeking vestiges of those held dear.
But time has veiled their smiles in somber hue,
And only echoes of their voices rue.
In faded hues, their images remain,
A poignant tribute to memories that sustain.
Though absence weighs heavy on my heart,
Their songs remind me we shall never part.
