Amber Moments

All of a sudden, just for you.
time stops and you're unexpectedly trapped.
All around you, the others continue
but you are motionless, a weak
fly frozen in glowing amber.
You knew you shouldn't have spoken
and you should have just been content
but that would only be looking back,
a futile, yet attractive, exercise.
Alone in your slow world of amber,
the pain begins to build up inside
and you think soon, it will kill you,
tear you apart in long, sleepless nights.
You've read of such pain, it's not unique
but you're convinced that somehow,
it is. Healing seems dreadfully unattainable
and the pieces are just too scattered.

But despite the hopeless thoughts, denial 
that life can go on, it will,
no matter how much you want to 
dwell on the moment. Without your consent,
the seconds keep ticking, the sun keeps 
rising and falling, and the pain you hold
onto will begin to lessen, slip away
and become a memory among so many others.
And the amber will melt, and you will be
free to continue on with your hope filled life.