Timekeeper

The Timekeepers arms and legs

are covered with shiny elaborate watches

fused with his body like leeches

sucking away time

they can’t be removed

always ticking and tocking

all day and all night

the instruments beat their robotic rhythms

keeping him awake at night, never to fall asleep

for sleeping is the biggest waste of time there is

and he must stay exactly on schedule

falling behind would be a horrible disaster

with many brutal casualties.

But one day he notices something.

Every watch is slightly off, each one tells a different time.

Staring unbelievably, the Timekeeper tries to process

the disturbing number missiles bombarding reality.  

What time is it? How will he ever know

right from wrong?

He isn’t just of schedule, the schedule has broken beyond repair.

The Timebreaker tries to patch together the pieces of shattered time

but none of it makes any sense.

Frustration clouds his judgement

the human clock tries to rip pesky watches of his body

but the creatures are glued on too tightly

seeking revenge, they tear of all his pasty skin.