Mechanism

 

We were gears

Turning, ticking next to each other

I to my part, and you to yours

It worked, it seemed,

But we only turned in circles, idling, lost

And then you got caught

You stopped revolving, stayed still

The sound of metal grinding together as it halted

And I sprang from the mechanism

Ashamed but free

Grateful for the breakdown

Gratified for the eternity

Away from you