Writing Prompt

Tick tock. Hands moving but I’m staying still. Quarter past the hour, a quarter through my life. Only its not. I’m halfway. Maybe more. Nobody knows when their batteries will run out. Take their last tick. Make their last tock. Wind it back. You can try but it just catches up again. Tick. Health scare. Tock. Exercise. The cycle continues until it doesn’t. Until it’s too late. Tick…...

Tick goes the clock

We’ve been talking since five o’clock My hand twirls my curls Like your voice, they are soft

Tick goes my watch

My phone still a-buzz It’s my wingman It makes time a construct

Tick goes your phone

It doesn’t ship us We have so little time Maybe that’s the cause

Tick goes my mother

She’s standing in the door She says you’re bad influence We can’t call anymore...

I’m bleeding. I’m bleeding all the time. Everyday, Every night, Even all day. I hate myself. Throw me away. Treat me like a ruined toy. I’m already numb enough. I climb out of the void then fall back in. I don’t know how to be okay. I miss being young. I miss the old days. I miss laughing all the time. I miss being happy. I wish I was happy again. But I don’t know if that ever gonna be happening ...

Tick tock On the clock

Im tired counting down The sound of tick tock

Lay one bed Beep beep Tock tock Beep beep

I see my ghost in the air Or my body on the floor

With the sound of tick tock Going over and over

(Hope this is good, im tired from track)...

Time ticks by slowly Creeping on at a snails pace Not picking up speed...

I swear I’m trying Trying to stay strong But the clock ticks on And I’ve still got nothing Nothing to show

And I’m dying Dying to know But the clock ticks on And I still know nothing Nothing at all

So tell me Is it just me Or are you in the same boat Always moving But staying in the same place?

Cause I swear I’m trying Trying to stay strong But the clock ticks on It ticks on And I’ve still got ...

Time likes to trick you Into believing it is the same That it is kind And that with time **All the pain ** Will go away

Time lies While time can help with the pain It never truly goes away You may start to heal **People may not see your pain ** But if they care **They see the scars plain as day **

**Time heals the most basic of wounds ** **But it c...

I’m looking into the future second after second ticking by

-Wait

wait
wait wait WAIT

YOU’RE GOING TOO FAST

the days feel like minutes and hours feel like seconds

I was a teenager seconds ago

now i’m an adult

rushing through life hoping to get it right

tic tock

I’ve made bad decisions no time to go back and fix them

 **tic tock** 

wait- there’s so much i wanted ...

I hate time.

The ticking of clocks, serving only to remind me that my time is limited.

I'm indecisive.

How can one make a decision knowing that every move may be their last?

Tick, Tock.

When my time is nearing its end, who's to say I won't regret everything?

Fulfillment.

How can I be sure that I'm making the right choice?

Love.

I..—

I don't know what that is.

Tick. Tock.

Time doesn'...

_Tick. _

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_Tick. _

_Tick. _

You hear the time tick down Its sand a silken gown Sand’s hands are wrapped around Your ever-thinking crown

_Tick. _

The sound infests your mind

_Tick. _

A never-ending sign

_Tick. _

That one day you will die

_Tick. _

And your life will be mine

_Tick. _

It’s growing faster still

_Tick. _

_Tick. _

As time does drink its fill

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