Accidental Poet

Just A Tick In Time

Tick tock tick tock
Just a tick in time

Eyes follow hands around the clock

And I’m obsessed to rhyme

 

I need to write

I need to express

No matter the hour, day or night

These foolish notions I must confess

 

And to one, it might be nonsense

Yet to another

It just could be brilliance

Either way, it brings a smile to my mother

 

Staring at the contents of the refrigerator

Wasted time, well maybe so

Now it’s a minute later

Than it was a minute ago

 

Sometimes I’m perplexed

Between what I just did

And what I’ll do next

Guess I’m just an analytical kid

 

Have you never been split between yes and no?

Such triviality making up your mind

A decision sooner or later you know

But at the moment, you struggle to find

 

I ask forgiveness for wasting your time

And send you back to your previous endeavor

I’ll continue on with mine

As the second hand ticks on and on forever

 

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