Tick, Tick, Tick

A cadence remains

Every night

I light a candle

Watch the flame dance

Knowing only its touch will burn

~

Tick, Tick, Tick

I listen with distant

Intent on understanding

What is now truly

Heart-felt

Emotion timed and true

~

Tick, Tick, Tick

Laying on my couch

As I have since the fall

A couple of seasons ago

And yet still the answers

Live inside my veins like water

~

Tick, Tick, Tick

Now I’m a clock

Set to go off at a later date

Too many realities around me

Suggest I have to wait

Patiently like an incessant snooze

~

Tick, Tick, Tick and forever

Smooth is God’s measure