ticks to tock (31/12/24)

my last poem of 2024, see you on the other side......

 

next year
this way
mind your head
watch your step,
still in bed?
not up yet?
time waits
for no one
it has places to be
people to see
tocks to tick
and ticks to tock,
knock, knock,
who’s there?
twenty-twenty-five
ready or not
here it comes
to look you in the eye,
ready,
steady,
on your marks,
almost go
almost there
although it’s just
another day
it’s held in high regard
packed with resolutions
waiting to be broken,
mind your trepidation,
watch your expectations,
underdressed
unimpressed
and aimless,
next year
this way
follow
the bouncing ball
and swallow
your last breath
of twenty-twenty-four,
already cracks are showing
but that’s the trick
of not knowing
what’s in store
be careful you’re not
shown the door,
round the corner
round the bend
a clocks strikes
midnight again,
it’s far to late
to stop now,
now the counts begun.

© 2023 robert greig