Tick Tock



To all of us
Who have lost someone
To all of us who have lost something
A void, emptiness
A feeling of the no more
And nevermore
To those of us
Who never got a chance
To say I love you
Or I’m sorry
Or I care
To those of us who thought
There would be a tomorrow
Or a next time
To those of us who wish for yesterday
To relay the feelings of today
I say this to you
Do not wait for tomorrow
For what can be said today
Do let pride steal your chance
Do not dream of what you want
Do not wait for anything
To confess what you want to say
Tick Tock
It’s a race against the clock
Time is nothing but a fuse that burns
Convey your thoughts to those you love
For otherwise an empty heart yearns
Empty and unsaid
Thoughts of love
Fall silent upon the ears of the dead
Think about it !

Eric (and sometimes not)
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Written on January 13, 2023

Submitted by EASN on February 11, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBACCADEXXXFXGGEFGDXBGHHIJIKJKX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 804
Words 169
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 32, 1

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