while silence takes everything by invasion,

except for the decimate beating of a heart.

Hypnotized by every beat, I continue foward

stepping in tune with it's every clatter.

Every stride taken becomes more amiss

to the pace I once called my own.

I've transposed into an automaton,

having lost that waltz I once knew so well.

I am a soul entrapped within this body,

a body which is no longer my own.

Playing this role with nerves left exposed.

A solitary tear, unaccompanied this night,

has been born and exposed once more