Time Bends Slow

I felt my pulse break open the rhythmic quiet A fault line fracture, refusing to stay silent I tried to steady the shake in my hands Churning chaos into context that I can stand My breath came sharp, an unsteady pace Weighing every threat of failure I’ve yet to face Exalted tension running down my spine Sciatic tremors of fate entwined Time’s the only measure that we get The proof that any of us ever lived
 If I slip past this unfinished second It’s like I never even existed In the moment, I’m barely holding on But I won’t turn away, even when it feels wrong Time bends slow when I’m close to the break Every second stretches with the choices I make In the moment, I feel every line I cross I trace consequence, assess the cost I don’t run, I don’t let go I stand still while time bends slow Time bends slow in this flickering room Every quiet doubt rearranges the gloom The clock on the wall holds heartbeats past One frozen second that refuses to pass My pulse erratic, measuring the cost Of open doorways I never crossed There’s a sting of metal at the back of my tongue But I don’t step away from what I’ve begun Every rift glows omnipresent Each second tightens further round my soul I’m not certain who this moment makes of me I acquiesce to its constricting hold In the moment, I’m barely holding on But I won’t turn away, even when it feels wrong Time bends slow when I’m close to the break Every second stretches with the choices I make In the moment, I feel every line I cross I calculate acceptable loss I don’t run, I don’t let go I stand still while time bends slow Doubt and faith in a solemn moment, I carry both, I just don’t show it There’s no space between fear and motion A deadly current in a quiet ocean If I succumb here, let it define my ascent Even if my hands aren’t still I wade deeper, I don’t retreat Every second is a moment, incomplete In the moment, I’m still holding on Even when it cuts deep, even when it feels wrong Time bends slow, but I won’t look away Every fragile second is the price I pay In the moment, I feel every line I cross I weigh consequence in redacted gloss I don’t run, I don’t let go I’m still here while time bends slow (Time bends slow…) but I don’t move back (Heart off-beat) on a narrowing track (Time bends slow…) and I stand my ground (Shaking), but I won’t back down (Time bends slow…) and I let it show (Everything I am) when I can’t let go… Time bends slow… I face this moment I stay