Calcify

The room hasn't changed in years
Dust settled into the seams
Every object holds its place
Like a system locked in freeze

Hands move out of habit now
Nothing left to interfere
Conversations lose their shape
Before they even reach the air

Everything turns rigid here
Every motion slows in time
What was living once inside
Starts to slowly calcify

Footsteps circle through the hall
Same direction every day
No resistance in the walls
Nothing left that shifts the weight

Something used to push the line
Something used to break the frame
Now the surface stays intact
Even when it holds the strain

Everything turns rigid here
Every motion slows in time
What was living once inside
Starts to slowly calcify

No fracture in the shell
No signal left to send

Everything turns rigid here
Every motion slows in time
What was living once inside
Starts to slowly calcify
And nothing moves again