~Pocket Watch~

He stood in front of the full body mirror, fondling the pocket watch that lay still and remote in his left coat pocket.His features twisted with anxiety. The low ticking is all he can hear other than the dull sound of his speeding heartbeat. He had found the pocket watch at a local park. The town called it a park, others called it a haven. But whatever it’s called it served the same purpose �"A getaway from life’s troubles. A place to not think. To enjoy the subtleties of what the world has to offer�"Mellow and calm. As his life was hectic being an officer and having served in the military, he enjoyed it severely. He considered it a second home.Every Weekend from 8:00A.M - 5:00 P.M, until he found the pocket watch with its Gold body & Victorian elegance.

He slowly slipped the watch from his pocket and admired it with a crazed look in his eyes. What was it about this watch? It looked like a perfectly normal watch that any old chap could come across in any old pawn shop. He bit his bottom lip, drawing blood. He wiped the beaded sweat from his forehead with his coat sleeve and placed the gold chained pocket watch around his burly neck. He admired his reflection at various angles. Then he passed out.