Friday, December 27, 2024

the tick tock in my head Sept. 15, 2012

  

I hear the tick tock of the clock in my head.

Filling a space where my thoughts collide,

this last gasp before the cold sets in

No tea leaves to tell me what comes next

I have kept silent to keep out of the cross hairs

only I do not know if that is enough

or should I run around like a chicken without a head

announcing my sky is falling,

or stick my head in a hole in the ground

and hope nobody notices my butt sticking up in the air,

a perfect target for someone to kick

as if the tick of the clock I hear in my head

is really the tick of a time bomb about to go off

can I trust time to heal old wounds

or will they fester and get worse

even when I dive for cover

I still hear the ticking and feel

my heart beat keeping time to the ticking

which ever way it goes, good or bad

or maybe nothing at all

 

 


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