The clock had stopped, but we remained
In corners where the dust still claimed
The echoes of a distant laugh
That time forgot to take in half
We never spoke of where we were
Just watched the world behind us blur
The sky hung low, the light stood still
As if the earth had lost its will
Our hands were cold but didn’t shake
We sat with all that couldn’t break
A photo warped, a window cracked
But silence was the thing intact
The air was thick with yesterday
Each breath we took just slipped away
We read each thought the other knew
In quiets time no longer grew
You touched the walls like they were skin
A place where grief had once been thin
And I just watched, afraid to breathe
Afraid that you would try to leave
But time was not the thing we fought
We stayed where time forgot to rot
A frozen hour, a word unsaid
The past still living in our stead
