The Break | Teen Ink

The Break

January 9, 2026
By korry_is_fun BRONZE, Lakeland, Florida
korry_is_fun BRONZE, Lakeland, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary" - John Keating (Dead Poets Society 1989)


Tick. 
Tick. 
Tick. 
 
You're trying to  
Get around 
In a group of 
Screaming people, 
All packed in one room. 
 
The lights are pure white, 
The dust scattered around, 
Creating a cloud. 
 
Tick. 
TIck. 
TICk. 
 
You try to block out the  
Noise, 
But it only gets 
Louder,  
Louder, 
LOUDER! 
 
Your ears start to bleed, 
And you slowly lose 
The   ability to see. 
 
 
The porcelain doll cracking 
From all the noise, 
Its smile splitting in two  
As jagged lines run 
Through its head 
 
Tick. 
Tick. 
Tick. 
 
You push through the  
Crowd of people, 
Outside will be safer. 
 
It only gets louder. 
Tick. 
TICK. 
TICKTICKTICK!! 


The author's comments:

the third part of "The Still Life" poem series


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