The watch on my desk

EDITED:
To face the facts
Of my finitude
And my ever nearer end
To face the fact
Of my finitude
ORIGINAL:
The watch on my desk
Ticks
All the time
Even now
It ticks
To remind me
There’s nothing I can do
To stop it
I could smash the watch
Throw it out the window
Put it in a drawer
But that wouldn’t stop
All the other watches in the world
From ticking
So I leave it on my desk
To face the facts
That I am temporary
And my end is ever nearer

January 14, 2023 at 07:46PM