Pause
caught like silk on a knife tip
this sudden snare
causes smooth sentences to
fall over the edge
of an unforeseen cliff
we wait for the splatter
and the cacophony
of the anticipated words -
like a falling glass
before it hits the floor.
and in this perfect bubble
time is frozen
into a shard of crystal
so delicate
it is shattered by sound
- Gillian Massel