The air is heavy with undone fate,
the sky, a wound that will not bleed.
Time stirs but does not break,
a serpent coiled, forever waiting to strike.
The stars lean close, breathless,
whispering of ruin too long withheld.
The earth quivers on the cusp,
but still, the fall does not come.
Let it end.
Let the sea unmake its name,
the fire carve its final hymn,
the wind unspool the last thread of dusk.
I have stood too long in the hush of collapse,
watching shadows stretch,
watching the world poised to fall—
but never falling.
Let the silence shatter,
let the weight be lifted.
I am weary of waiting.