inkling teen magazine 2021 - Flipbook - Page 22
UN TITLED
by Sarah Murphy
my heart now ticks,
it does not beat
ticks like a clock
whether wake or sleep
but sleep,
of sleep i have no need,
to feel nor eat
nor tasks basic as these
i tick, i tick,
though no gears inside,
no screws, no bolts,
no lust, no pride,
i tick, i tick,
and soon you'll see
how good it feels
to tick not breathe,
a human machine
will reflection see,
it seems i've lost
the life in me,
i tick, i tick
like everything here,
i no longer fear,
i tick, i tick.
Sarah is a runner up
in the Poetry category
for this year's Teen
Writing Contest.
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