Stand me still
Watch them go
Passing, passing
Stay with me?

Mend or break
One step out
Slowing, slowing
Please, turn back

Bound to strength
Up then down
Sinking, sinking
Pull me up

Wonder where
Slack behind
Losing, losing
Still alert

Need to feel
I’ve forgotten
Searching, searching
Done, too late




Fears renounced
Thoughts suppressed
Here’s your chance-
Pounce.

Actions revoked
Worries aside
You’ve been cornered-
Check.

Words revealed
Awake deprived
Fake to your left-
Right?

Throws appealed
Break undone
You still look-
Silence.

Pleas condoned
Looks throughout
Got you now-
Own.