When the World Stood Still

The traffic froze beneath the skyline,

A bird hung silent in the air.

Every clock forgot its heartbeat,

But mine was still beating there.

I called your name into the stillness,

Only echoes answered back.

A million lives stood like photographs,

While I kept walking through the black.

Is this a dream?

Or am I the only one awake?

If time has left the world behind...

Why did it choose me?

When the world stood still,

I was chasing seconds all alone.

Every street became an ocean,

Every heartbeat felt like home.

I kept searching through the silence,

For a voice that knew my name.

Because forever means nothing

If there's no one left to share the day.

Coffee still poured from a broken cup,

Raindrops shimmered in the sky.

Neon signs kept glowing softly,

Like they didn't realize.

I wrote my thoughts on empty windows,

Left little notes they'll never read.

Funny how the loudest city

Can sound like no one's breathing.

Then I saw my own reflection

In a shop that had no light.

It smiled before I did.

It whispered...

*"Time never stopped.*

*It only gave you room*

*To find the person you've been outrunning."*

So I closed my eyes,

And let the silence speak.

When the world stood still,

I finally heard my soul.

Not the noise, not the fear,

Just the truth I'd never known.

If tomorrow starts the clocks again,

And every stranger comes alive,

I'll remember what the silence taught me...

Every moment is a miracle

Because it never waits.

The first hand moved.

The second followed.

The city breathed again.

And for the first time...

So did I.