The cup in my hands hums faint, Ceramic warmth whispering secrets of stillness. Outside, the world is a blur of ghosts, Figures flitting between the cracks of time— Untouched, unnoticed. I sit, suspended in a breath, Each sip a slow unraveling of the clock’s thread. Steam curls like ancient runes in the air, And the street beyond— A distant tide that never reaches the shore.