Life On Pause

Tick, no sound
Room held still
Breath on pause
Skin remembers

Clock's been locked like my heart
Hands won't move, falling dark
Days repeat in the same disguise
Same streetlights, same goodbyes

Life pressed stop, mid-frame
Same reflection, different name
I walk circles in borrowed time
Every step feels rehearsed, designed

I don't scream
I don't run
I just wait for the numb to crack
Under skin
Something hums
Like a signal pulling me back

Clock was locked, heart in chains

I stayed where the silence grows
Counting every breath you stole
Time moves but I remain
Life on pause inside the pain
But the pulse never really died
It was hiding under my skin tonight

Same routine, same fight
Same dark, different light
I return, not clean, not new
Just alive again, breaking through

Morning comes like a copy-paste
Coffee, streets, familiar face
Every motion on auto-play
But my chest still learns how to stay

Scars don't fade, they repeat
Like a drum under concrete feet
Every fall leaves a quiet mark
Maps the way back into the dark

I don't pray
I don't plead
I just listen to the ache
Every breath
Cuts me free
From the habit of yesterday

Clock was locked, heart in chains
Life on pause, looping days
But the pulse never really died
It was hiding under my skin tonight

Same routine, same fight
Same dark, different light
I return, not clean, not new
Just alive again, breaking through

Tick returns
Soft and slow
Like a wound learning how to close
If I break
Let it show
I'm still here, that's all I know

Clock unlocks, heart still aches
Life resumes with all its weight
I don't erase where I've been
I let it live under my skin

Same routine, but I stay
Same pain, I don't turn away
I return through the cracks I knew
Still breathing, still breaking through

Tick by tick
I begin
Still alive
Under my skin