He moved through the room, a ghost in his own life, memories like cobwebs clinging to the corners. The worn armchair, its cushions cradling absent forms, remembered evenings spent with family, the crackling fire painting shadows on the walls. A dusty photo album, its leather cracked, held faces he could no longer name, their eyes pools of lost laughter, their smiles ghosts in faded sepia.
He traced the grooves of a worn record, its melody a forgotten lullaby. The needle, hesitant, sparked a memory: a woman’s voice, soft and sweet, singing him to sleep, the music a balm against the shadows. A chipped teacup, stained with the remnants of countless mornings, whispered of shared breakfasts, steamy mugs warming cold hands, whispers of plans and dreams.