SOMETHING'S BROKEN INSIDE

The gears continue spinning,
buried far inside of me,
Although to the outside world,
they cannot be seen.
But somewhere amidst the cluttered clockwork,
exists a single, solitary gear,
and it's just like any other,
'cept it doesn't function anymore.
Yet it continues to spin and spin,
while its teeth just miss their mark,
and this machine continues to churn,
not giving it any hark.
And so the tic-toc in this old clock,
is lost...
as empty eyes gaze,
upon an empty world,
since this old clock's ticker,
Has long been dislodged,
By love once had... and lost.

Copyright ©2001 Ashi Shadow