tick tick

Tick Tick

Tick, tick, tick.
Sounds of mechanical components
Moving along their way
No say to how they move
No way to stop.

Tick, tick, tick.
To hear that movement
And to say other
Is to lie.

Tick, tick, tick.
I hear those sounds
And I fear
Progress of time
I fear my ultimate demise.

Tick, tick, tick.
Or are gears shifting
Into place
A final resting template.

Tick, tick, tock.

6/3/21 – Andy McRae