Life at a standstill
This day is desperate
It searches mediocre streams
Of minds unbothered
Unchanging formulas
In an ever-changing world
Falling behind
Today is yesterday
Disorientating in due course
Counting the grains of sand
Leaving no time at all
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third contemporary poetry collection. Life at a standstill speaks to the quiet paralysis of a culture trapped in repetition — where stale thinking and mechanical routines leave little room to meet the demands of a world already moving beyond them.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.