run away

you and I

and be once more in our day.

 

are you still

who you were

in that photograph

there on the mantle?

or are you only what I see

across the room?

needles clack and keep time

with the clock

tick tock.

are you

inside,

you that I used to know,

you that I loved?

where is your raven hair

that I touched

in love?

are you only

what I see now?

or are you still inside

not obedient to the clock,

tick tock.

look across the room,

do you see me

only

in time with the needles,

the clock

tick tock?

my hair

is less

and the newspaper

I caress into shape

in time with the clock

tick tock.

those we raised

are gone,

tick tock

and we are alone again,

tick tock.

the photograph on the mantle

tick tock,

the needles,

tick tock,

the raven hair,

tick tock,

the newspaper

tick tock.

 

run away,

you and I

and be once more what we hide,

while time is still on our side,

tick tock.