Tick Tock, Tick Tock

Tick tock, tick tock,

She goes as per her own clock!

She was born

When she should have rolled

And turned around

In the carefree fluid…

Landed on the hospital bed

In the middle of the night

Or was it early morning

Absolutely non-aligned with the 24 hours…

Crawling and tumbling

Toddling-ly stood up straight

Much before the defined time!

Tick tock, tick tock,

She goes as per her own clock!

Did the golliwog locks

Grow faster or she?

The conjoined brows

Stretching north to south…

Shooting in height

Or was it an over-grown child?

Expanding vertically

Like a non-partisan independent candidate…

Running and rolling

Mischievously monkey-ing around

Oblivious to the awaiting adulthood time!

Tick tock, tick tock,

She goes as per her own clock!

Was it work or play

Did you say job?

She hopped around

As per her own plan…

Retire she did

From her occupation

And from the world’s dictates

Breathing a sigh of relief…

Horsing around

Apparent callousness about

Cocooned in her own time-frame!

Tick tock, tick tock,

She goes as per her own clock!

Sigh… sigh…

Wish I was her

Living the dream

We all see

Not warped in the paraphernalia

Of a steady life stream…

One step here

Another there

On the road

To our thoughts

Building our sand castles

Amidst the tumultuous tides…

With child-like faith

And gay abandon

Small steady steps

Entrenched in persevering steam;

Lost in my own wonderland,

Relentlessly in an endless sweet dream!

Tick tock, tick tock,

She goes as per her own clock!