Tick Tock

Time melts
tick
tick
tick
away. Urgent
tick
tick
taking with it last chances
to hug, to love, to write.
tick
tick
tick
I see the sands of my life flowing down
tick
and yet
tick
tick
tick
I sit and stare
doing nothing with this moment for fear
tick
tick
of the next.

This is another tribute to The Walking Man, whose poetry often inspires me.

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