Time's Grip

Tick-tock the sound terrorizes my dome,

Life slipping fingers, each second a roam,

Hourglass grains, turn skin to bone,

Reality claws, time overthrown.

Chains rattle tight, wrists bound in cold,

Time's grip squeezing, story's untold,

Heartbeats pounding, future unfolds,

Soul robbed by moments, weight of the old.

Feast with the clock, hunger never ends,

Steals youth from veins, twitches from friends,

Sands swallow dreams, visions peppered in trends,

Crossroads of fate, time’s winding bends.

Chains rattle tight, wrists bound in cold,

Time's grip squeezing, story's untold,

Heartbeats pounding, future unfolds,

Soul robbed by moments, weight of the old.

Echoes of past, shadows all over,

Dance with the ghost, march of the rover,

Hope fleeting fast, death as the lover,

Lock on my heart, lifetime to cover.

Clock’s hands strangling, soul feels the press,

Depths of despair, black smoke confess,

Moment's thief lurking, won't ever bless,

Battles with time, each breath compressed.