Clock Work

24:00 Dawn of a day
Beginning of a life

1:00 Time moving on
Mind turned on
Touching hearing seeing

2:00 Innocent and needy
Mom dad

3:00 Walking talking
Showing who we are

4:00 The world is still dark
Our minds ticking away

5:00 Look at me I'm here
Walking talking
Remembering comprehending

6:00 Time to get up
Make friends Go to school

7:00 ABC 123 Language math Laughing smiling Playing on the ground

8:00 Older now Where did my friends go In this mass of kids

9:00 Hey look at me I'm cool I'm hip ...who's that girl over there?

10:00 Faster now
Time is ticking endlessly on I can't keep up Where am I going
Who am I standing with

11:00 Hand in hand
Exploring this new feeling
Exploring love
Responsibilities growing
Grades grades grades

12:00 Now where am I In this new town
New school new people I still can't catch up

13:00 Get a job Get a home Be with the one you love

14:00 money Stress Family
Where did my childhood go

15:00 bills bills bills
Kids family friends

16:00 time moving on
Aging tiring

17:00 alone with her again
Kids are gone away

18:00 grand kids
daughter and son in laws
Where has time gone

19:00
20:00 alone Sad Secluded

21:00 moving away
From the place my family called home

22:00 all these meds
What are they good for
What is the use

23:00 going away
too tired to stand
Snoozing away...

24:00