The Clock
 
 
We are born live die
work love aspire
by the clock
 
The then of things
the now of desire
the soon of hope
measured out
in seconds minutes hours
on the clock
 
Implacable indifferent
its face
tick tock
Precise unfeeling
its hands
tick tock
 
Childhood’s joys
tick tock
endless summers
tick tock
First love
tick tock
In sickness
tick
In health
tock
birth
tick tock
New life new mind
tick tock
I love you daddy
tick tock
 
Becoming has become
tick tock
Withstanding pain
tick tock tick tock tick tock
I love you
tick
I hate you
tock
Hold me please hold me
tick tock
I need you
tick
Let me go
tock
 
I want
tick tock
I wish
tick tock
I have time
tick
It’s too late now
tock
If only I had
tick
If only I hadn’t
tock
 
I wonder where
tick
the time goes
tock
It’s not dark yet
tick tock
but it’s getting there
tick tock
Things I now
tick
will never do
tock
Wrongs I’ll
tick
never right
tock
 
Ashes to ashes
dust to dust
no tomorrows
no todays

no regrets
footprints
 
tick tock tick tock………