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Changing the Clocks

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You are not late -
you are just caught up
in a different time zone.

tickety, tickety,
tock, tock, tock

Tickety, tickety,
Tock, tock, tock

What is wrong is not your internal clock
- it is not broken -
but the time around you.

Tickety, Tickety,
Tock, Tock, Tock

Tickety, Tickety,
Tock, Tock, Tock


You are so used to living in that time
that you stopped believing in your own internal clock.
Stop for a second to listen between the lines.

Tickety, Tickety,
tick - tock
Tock, Tock, Tock,
tick - tock

What you need to change is not yourself
- you are not broken -
but your perception.

Ticket, tickety
Tick - tock
Tock, tock, tock
Tick - tock

tickety, tickety
Tick - tock
tock, tock, tock
Tick - tock

Tick - Tock
Tick - Tock


Reset your clock
- it is not broken -
to your own time.

Tick - Tock
Tick - Tock

This is your time,
this is exactly the right time
to be you.
This is poem was inspired by *A-Lovely-Anxiety's poem three-hundred-sixty-six.
© 2013 - 2024 Story-of-a-Mind
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IrisVilliam's avatar
I like how the tick - tock reminds me of a calm heartbeat, while the tickety sounds like an annoying clock.

It's nice how reading your poem calms me down. Gives me confidence to slow down and do things on my own pace. Just something I really need at the moment, so... thanks!