Tick.
The pendulum swings to the left, and for a moment, time stops.
I'm sitting alone in the darkness of my room.
It is too warm. It is too dark.
I take a deep breath of the tainted air and close my eyes.
There is no one.
No one to understand.
No one to stop the pain.
No one.
But I can deal with it.
I always have.
I breathe out and open my eyes.
Looking for someone. Anyone.
Tock.
And still I sit.
