Another Rotation Around the Sun

Candles flicker like they're dancing with your ghost's shadow, 
I am enchanted by the haunting. 
Remembrance eclipses celebration 
as the seasons change one more year without you. 
I wish I could sing your song without my heart shattering, 
but every note cracks open another depth. 
The anger, the betrayal, of you leaving, 
hides under the sadness of yearning. 
There will never be answers that are adequate, 
but time keeps spinning, and I'm still here. 
Years are tracked woven through dates that never cease, 
maybe one day it'll feel different. 
Here's to you, who cannot be here amongst the sea of bottles, 
raised in your name inside the solitude of loss. 
Keeping promises is difficult when you're not here to witness, 
trying is a chore. 
But to keep the vain out of your name, I persist, 
lighting the candles to feel the burn through another year, 
of remembering.