A click
Like a penny tapped on a hollow stone,
Tap…tap…tap
The seconds tick by too slowly.

A drip
Like a summer rain falling off a weathered leaf,
Drip…drip…drip
Time tests the patience of heart and mind.

Thunder rolls
Crackling hard through the windswept willows,
Boom…boom…boom
Awakened to the truth of fleeting life.

Clocks spin
I cannot stop the hands from counting down  
Tick…tock…tick
Wasting time counting seconds passing by.

Tombstones align
Neat rows of stories long forgotten
Tap…tap…tap
The penny taps on hollow stones again.

If only love remembered…