The metronome blankly ticks my consciousness away,
Counting the last moments before I become your prey.
I do not remember my name, I do not recall my age,
But you speak with conviction, and it tames my rage.
Next page, I must turn the next page of our story.
My dreams keep swearing you have always adored me.
But the suspicion grows like a seed in healthy soil,
And my soul warns me as you call me awfully spoiled.
Between car wrecks and stab wounds, you call for me,
Promising a brand-new start built on stolen honesty.
I do not remember ever asking you for this palace.
My role is a Sisyphean task, and I am not your Alice.
Yet, the metronome has no loyalty, it just ticks away,
Remolding my empty life from zero in scarlet clay.
-JW