Tick-tock lockdown by Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

 


Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock

goes the old-fashioned clock on the wall

 

When will the next lockdown come down

no one knows for sure

 

But as sure as the nose on your face

it will come knocking on your door

 

Lock the door and shut it tight, day and night

 

Let no one see you, let no one hear you

 

Let no one smell you, let no one touch you

 

Let no one greet you with a smile

because their face is covered with a mask

 

Let no one greet you with a handshake or a hug

because of microbes that might be spread

and cause so much sickness and so much death

 

Each one of us has our own inner clock

that started ticking at our conception

and will stop ticking at our death

 

It has been decreed that you must fear death

 

Life is so precious that it must be lived in dread

 

Life is worth living if only living is worth it

 

A life of fear is a life that is not dear, oh dear

 

So hear the clock ticking, day-in and day-out

 

The time will soon come for another lockdown

 

Will it be because of microbes

that have spread, near and far

 

Or will it be because the climate changed

that has us all enraged

 

Or will it be the great reset

that has become the new mindset

 

There is no way to escape it

no matter how hard you try

 

Some will live and some will die

 

Some will have truly lived

while others have merely survived

 

The ticking it’s taking a toll

and the fear and the fright is left to unfold

 

Open the doors and let the sunshine in

 

Open your heart and live your life

 

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-

 

It took your life without you even knowing it

 

The moment you so dreaded

has come to pass with your passing away

 

The last tick did not have another tock

and there is nothing else to talk about

except to say rest in peace

 

You tried to survive but never did live

because you so feared death

you never learned to live life

 

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.

 

 

 

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