
tick tock
Sound of the clock.
tick tock tick tock
Seconds flock from future to past, relentless and metronome-steady; you know you won’t last forever but that won’t stop you from trying.
tick tock
Minutes mock by not passing and then – you’re not looking – an hour has gone. But what is one hour?
tick tock tick tock
Days, weeks, months stack up, the beat of the metronome faded to background noise.
tick tock
Years, decades, a lifetime, the tick tock has knocked them out of you second by irreplaceable second.
tick tock tick tock
Sound of the clock.
tick tock