“Just Me and the Clock” by Dawn Pisturino

Long hours of night creep slowly by.
Tick. . . Tick. . . Tick. . . Tick. . .
The clock clangs one.
I am utterly alone.
Just me and the clock.
Tock. . . Tock. . . Tock. . . Tock. . .
My cares all ceased with the setting sun,
But that clock keeps screaming in my ears.
All I crave is peace
And silence:
No ticking time bomb exploding in my head.
I don’t care about the passing hours.
Darkness brings a halt to all activity,
Calms my rattled nerves, soothes my racing heart,
Eases the tension of body and soul.
My brain longs to sleep,
Escape the daylight nightmare,
Roam through the corridors and landscapes of dreams
Fashioned from the fabric of my own imagination.
The rich silk of slumber evades me,
And my mind grows weary of the hypnotic beating
Of the hours in my head.
The clock clangs two,
And I’m finally through
With the savage sound in my ear.
I pick up the clock and hurl it at the wall,
Cursing as it bursts into broken pieces
Of wood and metal springs and batteries
Falling to the floor.
It can wait until morning
And the sun’s rays glaring through the window.

Copyright © 2023  Dawn Pisturino
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Dawn Pisturino is a retired nurse in Arizona whose publishing credits include poems, limericks, short stories, and articles. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, most recently in Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women, and the 2023 Arizona Literary Magazine. A monthly contributor for Gobblers & Masticadores and MasticadoresUSA, she is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Arizona Authors Association.

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