Clockwork

We stopped time for a couple months

When we found our touch

So electric it put a halt to the clutch 

The cadence of our hearts 

Sped up, as the the click of it’s moving parts 

Slowed down, as love was more than love between you and me

A love that was more than this earth could see

Rising to the heavens where we could truly gleam 

As the clockwork stopped under our feet 

We stopped time for a couple months 

When we felt strong against the tide 

A tide of time that we almost defeated in our stride 

We spoke in whispers of love, kisses, and touch 

So the clocks wouldn’t hear us cheating time so much

We stopped time for a couple months

Standing on the gears of the clock 

Halting its works, 

We paused time for months 

For weeks

For minutes 

You could make time stand still forever I reckon

Until it came down to the very second

In the last second,

The strength of the clockwork shed your bones, blood, and being

Far away from me, as I stood there shedding mainly tears 

Immense tears to heavy the tides of time 

So no one would be strong enough to swim against it 

Now the clocks are stronger than love to reign 

So no one can feel what I lost again

By Sarah Libassi