My Homestead

[Verse]
I stood by the gate where the mailbox once swayed
The fields have gone barren where my children once played
The walls hold no whispers the laughter has flown
A house is just timber when love’s seeds aren't sown
[Chorus]
All I’ve got are memories and a box of old years
Some pictures and trinkets stained with my tears
The echoes of a life I should’ve held near
I wish I had spent more time loving here
[Verse 2]
The barn where the sunlight once danced through the cracks
Now leans like a shadow no life to bring back
The porch where I kissed her the night we first met
Now creaks with the weight of a deep regret
[Chorus]
All I’ve got are memories and a box of old years
Some pictures and trinkets stained with my tears
The echoes of a life I should’ve held near
I wish I had spent more time loving here
[Bridge]
The clock never paused while I chased fleeting dreams
The riches I sought turned to dust at the seams
Now I watch from the silence beyond life’s thin veil
Wishing I’d written a love deeper tale
[Verse 3]
The winds carry whispers of what could’ve been
The smiles that I missed the warmth of their skin
My homestead is sold but the price was my soul
What’s left are the shadows of what made me whole