Sneering Clocks

On my wall

one thousand clocks

each one counting

endlessly mocks

tick tock, tick tock

one hundred sneering clocks

All the things I never did

all the chances from which I hid

everything that passed me by

all the times that I cry

tick tock, tick tock

one thousand sneering clocks 

My house, my life 

they clutter

floor to ceiling, 

one wall to other

tick tock, tick tock

counting, mocking, sneering clocks

Dust and cobwebs

hung and strung 

across a hundred thousand clocks

an endless reminder 

of things that never were

no time how

no chance how

Because time is ticking

darkness creeping

shadows deepening

sunlight dying

no point trying

tick tock, tick tock,

endless counting, sneering clocks

Author's Note

It started out okay... then I broke it. How can it be fixed?