It Never Stops Ticking

[D.M.Hill]

I gather my things and it never stops ticking.
Hear a bang it never stops ticking.
Stop in my tracks and it never stops ticking.
Turn to my door and it never stops ticking.
Run down the stairs and it never stops ticking.
I come down the stairs and it never stops ticking.
I call for my mother and it never stops ticking.
I walk into the main room and it never stops ticking.
I see a man covered in blood and it never stops ticking.
There’s a knife in his hand and it never stops ticking.
There’s blood on the clock and it never stops ticking.
It’s a grandfather clock and it never stops ticking.
Ten am and it never stops ticking.
He comes towards me and it never stops ticking.
He raises the knife and it never stops ticking.
I try to stop his arm and it never stops ticking.
I trip over my dead mother and it never stops ticking.
I fall against the stairs and it never stops ticking.
I crawl from him and it never stops ticking.
I fight back unconsciousness and it never stops ticking.
I scream and it never stops ticking.
He follows me with a smirk on his face and it never stops ticking.
I notice the stiches through his face and it never stops ticking.
He steps on my legs and it never stops ticking.
I hear bones crush and it never stops ticking.
I scream in pain and it never stops ticking.
He leans and whispers in my ear and it never stops ticking.
‘I’m Mr Tick Tock’ and it never stops ticking.
I try to escape and it never stops ticking.
He laughs madly and it never stops ticking.
He raises the knife again and it never stops ticking.
I feel blade pierce my flesh and it never stops ticking.
‘You’re through *****’ and it never stops ticking.
I glance the paper, and it never stops ticking.
Front page headline and it never stops ticking.
Murderer on the loose, and it never stops ticking.
Calls himself Mr. Tick Tock and it never stops ticking.
Carries and knife, and it never stops ticking.
Stitches through is face and it never stops ticking.
I can’t see the date and it never stops ticking.
Turning to him and it never stops ticking.
Seeing the end and it never stops ticking.
He leans forward and it never sops ticking.
A cold feeling in my chest and it never stops ticking.
I stop breathing and it never stops ticking.
His breath is foul and it never stops ticking.
I close my eyes and it never stops ticking.
I die alone, and it never stops ticking.
I’m falling and it never stops ticking.
Falling forever and it never stops ticking.
I wake up and it never stops ticking.
Raise from my bed and it never stops ticking.
Go downstairs and it never stops ticking.
My mother is cooking and it never stops ticking.
See the paper and it never stops ticking.
Today’s paper and it never stops ticking.
Looking at the headline and it never stops ticking.
Murderer on the loose and it never stops ticking.
Calls himself Mr. Tick Tock and it never stops ticking.
Carries and knife and it never stops ticking.
Stitches through the face and it never stops ticking.
I look in shock and it never stops ticking.
I glance over at the clock and it never stops ticking.
The grandfather clock and it never stops ticking.
10 am and it never stops ticking.
Turn to my mother and it never stops ticking.
‘We need to get out’ and it never stops ticking.
‘What she says?’ And it never stops ticking.
‘Trust me’ I say and it never stops ticking.
‘What are you talking about’ and it never stops ticking.
‘Please just believe me’ and it never stops ticking.
She looks at me strange and it never stops ticking.
I plead to her and it never stops ticking.
‘Okay we will go’ and it never stops ticking.
I run upstairs and it never stops ticking.
I gather my things and it never stops ticking.
Hear a bang it never stops ticking.
Stop in my tracks and it never stops ticking.
Turn to my door and it never stops ticking.
Run down the stairs and it never stops ticking.
Call for my mother and it never stops ticking.
Walk into the main room and it never stops ticking.
I see a man covered in blood.
And it never stops ticking…