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"Tick Tock...Tick Tock": The Writers' Spotlight
Sahana Ramalingam writes a lovely poem about life in this poem for our National Poetry Month celebration on the Writers' Spotlight!
Tick Tock...Tick Tock
By Sahana Ramalingam
Tick tock...tick tock...
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Life is counting down on your internal clock.
Memories that feel as if they occurred yesterday
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turn to flashes of moments that seem to fade away.
People you once knew
walk by without a clue.
The times you once shared
exist as if you were never there.
Years fly...friends die...
and you never know when you'll say your last goodbye.
Oh, how I wish I could turn back time,
spend it with loved ones and cherish what once was mine.
Or to go back even more,
being a kid in a candy store.
How I miss the way I used to feel
on Christmas day when Santa was real.
But back to reality...back to today,
family is scarce and memories continue to fade away.
Tick tock...tick tock...
How I wish I could control this clock.
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