Tick Tock


I saw
The candle burning
Casting shadows
Over solemn faces

Tick tock
Goes the clock

People are born to die

I'm just afraid
Because I'm no longer afraid

Dreams of gold
Embossed statues
And everlasting joy
Crumbled to nothing

Look at how tired these faces are
With one dead the rest are soon to follow

Like dominoes we all begin to fall

We're just liquid
Before a colander

Faces fade in facetious fatigue
I'm out of my depth and in the wrong league
Tear down the signs and banners
And what do you have

A generational depression
Dealing with the end of all times

You saw what I saw when you saw it

Tick tock
Goes the clock
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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