around the clock

a world

of ticking

clocks:

reminders

of reality’s

unrelenting

haste to

send me

spinning

my thoughts

sound

in between

ticks

and i’ve

heard

too many

tocks

why can’t

i end

this

writer’s block?

with every

tick

another

tick

on my wall

counting

the moments

until Time

lets me fall

but right

now i am

stuck

between

seconds

and

i’d much

rather

stop

tick-tocking

once and

for all