Time Waits for No One

Tick… Tick…
It’s been eight weeks
Tick… Tick…
It’s been fifty-six days
Tick… Tick…
Time keeps moving
Tick… Tick…
But I’m at a stand-still
Tick… Tick…
I still hear them crying
Tick… Tick…
The wife and daughters you left
Tick… Tick…
I stay strong for them
Tick… Tick…
But you left your granddaughter, too
Tick… Tick…
My tears come when no one can see
Tick… Tick…
They pool under the red glow of flashing numbers
Tick… Tick…
Eight weeks
Tick… Tick…
Fifty-six days
Tick… Tick…
The siren of the ambulance continues to ring in my ears
Tick… Tick…
Two words keep replaying through my head to this day
Tick… Tick…
“He’s gone”
Tick… Tick…
Time keeps moving
Tick… Tick…
But I’m at a stand-still