I'm the work

Of a clock

That's missing

Teeth

On tiny

Gears

To ensure

It's accuracy

Time gets lost

On me

And

In me

Always

I show up

Early

And leave

Even earlier

Under-staying

My welcome

By vanishing

In shadows

Of "I thought

I saw him here"

Off to a comfortable

Place

Of unnamed arms

To hold me tight

Like lovers do

All night

I'm a whisper

Of loud goodbyes

And quiet hellos

At will & random

On my own terms

I play by my rules

Because I know them

And don't yours

Unsure makes me

Squeamish

To point of

The only times

I wish

And I'll wish

To be anywhere

Where the

Discomfort

Of existing

Eats

Holes

Through

My

Feelings

Leaving

Me

In

Despair