Clock Decides - A Poem

Nichole Appleby
Sitting inside this room: cold.

Not eager to warm myself up.

To move is one question, I cannot answer.

To stay put is for another day.

Every second the clock ticks

My ears hear the drum of the

Second hand moving ever so slowly.

I'm staring at boxes: empty.

Just another day to pack.

My life fits into these shells,

I can quickly be moved around.

People stomping as they trail

Up and down. Doors

open and close.

Thinking to myself,

What is most valuable to me?

What don't I want put into a box?

What can make someone warm with only a second?

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