I had one but it died - You had something, but it died, and now you’re just left wit

You had something, but it died, and now you’re just left with the smell of failure and the taste of shame.

I had one but it died. Now I have failure in my nose and shame in my mouth.

My dream had one but it died. It left me with nothing but regret.

My cat had one but it died. It left me with a dead cat and a broken heart.