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Tick-Tock: A trip into madness
CONTENT WARNING:
WHAT FOLLOWS MAY DISTURB YOU BUT DOES NOT REPRSENT THE PERSONALITY OR MENTAL STABILITY OF THE POET
Tick-Tock:
A Trip into Madness
By A Sadistic Maniac
Tick-tock, tick tock
Goes the menacing clock of time
The familiar leaves as the mysterious enters
The clock strikes one, the game has begun
A first day of kindergarten
A friend is made
A lesson is learned
A new day has begun
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes two
A day in second grade
Children are laughing
But one is crying
The clock ticks on
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clocks strikes three
An angry parent
Three bad grades
A brutal beating
Another hour
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes four
A lonely child
A bloodied knife
Four cuts on the arm
A temporary relief
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes five
A stroll in the hall
Five mean words
Five concealed tears
‘Tick-tock” says the clock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes six
Six pills, an overdose
A green floor
A new therapist
“Tick-tock” laughs the clock
Tick-tock, tick tock
The clock strikes seven
Darkness looms
His pain is apparent
For seven long weeks
No one helps him
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes eight
Eight attempts
He has made so far
He thinks of another
As he sits on the car
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clocks strikes nine
Nine long years
Since Kindergarten
Full of pain and of torment
He hasn’t forgotten
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes ten
With a blade in his hand
And soul in ten pieces
He sets out to find
Someone in which he releases
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes eleven
Now on the run
He’s crossed eleven states
Hoping to find a place
But the clock won’t have it
Tick-tock, tick-tock
The clock strikes twelve
The finale has begun
With the road ahead paved with more than he can endure
And the past catching up
He finds one option, one “kill switch”
He flips his own
FIN
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But I want all those out there to know, that suicide is never the best option. However, probably the lesson that this piece can teach is that you never know if someone is in need, so make sure you be kind and considerate to all.