Unbroken

Time is paused in honour of the tension between a question and the answer.

My eyes jolt

Frantically scan, from left to right

My heart pumps so rapidly, I forget to breathe.

It breaks through my chest

Burning like a candle beneath your fingertips.

A brassy discoloured texture

An aroma of an old people's home

Worn pins on the clock above your throne

Offends the atmosphere, here.

Everything is silver

An entire room plainly tainted silver.

With love. With luck.

Here all along

Rather not stick around to watch it's fate revealed

I'd rather live alone, with my hatred concealed.