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