I hear the tick of time

I hear the tick of time

talking

tocking

ticking

it ticks for thee

my anxious mind remind me

I take a calming, slow, deep breath

keeping it so slow

I might as well be dead

but I'm not

keeping it so quiet

I might as well be deaf

but I'm not

and the ticking stops

in my head

I have stopped time

I am timeless,

free to explore infinity

for eternity

in a moment

liberated from the tick of time