Ticking

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Tick...

tock...

tick...

tock...








"Just make it stop... please."

I covered my ears, wanting the sound to go away, the constant press to move forward even though I was stuck in the corner. But the ticking only grew louder and louder.

Maybe the noise came from inside, maybe the desire to push on was from my heart.

My consciousness wanted me to fight back, to take a break, but my passion longed to work.

"I can't... I can't do it, I don't know how."

The two fought, the noises only getting louder.

"How- how can I even..."

How do I live? How could anyone live like this?

There was no point in trying to stop it anyways. The heart would win out eventually. I would just have to endure. Push on. Contain myself.

...I screamed—I couldn't take it anymore.

Why would I let my head and heart battle when I had my body? Wasn't it my body? Weren't they part of me!?

I laughed. Head and heart went silent.

"Now listen to me, because I control you and everything you do. Understand?"

The silence was deafening.

"Good."

(Written by the one and only Saudi of the Magic System! <3)

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