Rythm

Tick
Pass the seconds in the minute.
Pass the minutes in the second.
Pass the night in steady rhythm?
As the sleepless shut her eyes.

Why
Do we try to find a rhyme.
To last forever in a heartbeat.
When the only way to stay
Its constant rhythm is a tome?

Tock
Chime the minutes in the hour.
Chime the hours in the minute.
Chime the taunting of the cricket?
As she opens weary eyes.

How
Do I shame a moon to hiding.
Do I push a tide to distance.
Shall I chase the blaze that follows?
Just to gather night again.

But
Can I count the seconds faster
Can I count the seconds fast
I count the seconds
count the--

Tick
Pass the seconds in the minute.
Pass the minutes in the second.
Pass the night in painful rhythm.
As the sleepless shut her eyes.