i've been staring out of this window
for so long
i can't tell who's
gone

me
or
the people i can't see

i pressed snooze
so many times

i don't know when
i meant to wake up

but i might as well
stay
under the
covers

the clock is time
ticking away
going on without us

the hourglass is our time
draining slowly
running out grain by grain

you tipped
my hourglass
over
so that time stood still

and broke the glass at both ends
when you walked away
leaving my heart
bleeding
in the sand,

my time in a
meaningless
heap

the sunlight was so loud
but i couldn't hear it
because it doesn't shine
on me
when you aren't around