10
A burning begins to form in your chest,
An understanding that it isn't another year,
But one year less.
...
Time slows
Heartbeat crushes the air
Impossible to hide the emotions
Anguish, despair..
...
Weight Until Midnight
10
A burning begins to form in your chest,
An understanding that it isn't another year,
But one year less.
9
8
The initial joy becomes muddy,
Your grief in direct contrast
To all of the faces you now study.
7
All your memories are front and center,
Already distant,
Locked behind a date you can never reenter.
6
5
Staring, willing time to slow.
Believing focus might be friction,
To keep the present that I know.
4
Here and now we're all intact.
In exactly three seconds,
That may no longer be a fact.
3
2
You've lost, and it's already here.
F*ck it.
Happy New Year.