𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: “I Didn't Notice” by Luigi Andree A. Baños

 

Published by: Sarah Belamide

Date Published: March 11, 2025

Time Published: 8:40 AM

Category: Poetry

Subject: The bittersweet realization of love fading away

I didn’t notice the days grew thin,

Soft laughter dancing with the wind.

Footsteps, once light as whispered dreams,

Now fade like echoes lost in streams.

I didn’t notice the shifting tides,

How morning’s glow turned pale and shy.

Fingers once laced without a thought,

Now scatter like leaves bidding goodbye.

I didn’t notice the words unsaid,

The quiet ache we left unfed.

A fleeting glance, a thought held tight,

Now swallowed by the hush of night.

I didn’t notice, but now I do—

The hollow space where love once grew.

Yet here I stand, with empty hands,

Chasing ghosts that slip like sand.