life can (tick) move

along (tock) at a (tick) pace

that we (tock) dislike

we (tick) wait and

(tock) wait for brilliance

(tick) to happen

no (tock) action

no (tick) momentum

just a long (tock) pause

asking (tick) when IT

(tock) will happen

we (tick) forget

we (tock) are creatures in motion

everything (tick) moves

and beats (tock)

sweats and (tick) bleeds

cries and (tock) falls

grows and (tick) speaks

life (tock) wants the great stretch

the deep (tick) breath  before

trigger is (tock) squeezed and

(tick) bullet flies forth

no more asking (tock)

“when will life (tick) do?!?”

but simply (tock) do

move (tick) move (tock) move (tick)

away from (tick) where you are

(tock) toward who you (tick)

were created (tick) to be

life (tick) acts

 

death stops and the clock winds down to a quiet, empty place where there isn’t even the strain of the held breath and the anticipation of the great exhale…just a bland, staring nothing…

 

then (tick) life

(tock) returns

and the (tick) great

movement (tock) to the

(tick) great Mover

Who (tock) will ask –

“Did (tick) you move

Toward Me (tock)

Or die (tick) before

(tock) the end?”