Tick

tick

tick

tick

the seconds passed

like heartbeats

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tick

when I was a child

I had my first watch

non digital

and it would

tick

tick

tick

I wore it to sleep

slid beneath my pillow

the slightly muffled

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tick

sending me to dreams

peaceful and serene

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tick

tick

a few years later

I found my grandfather's

old pocket watches

tick

tucked in a drawer

wound one and it answered

tick

tick

tick

beside my head

it pulled me to slumber

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tick

and to this day

if ever I can't settle

my troubled brain can't still

I turn to the

tick

tick

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