As I watch, the one on the right
slows
the second hand jerking
as if against
an unseen force
tic
toc
When the one on the left
moves but
echoes
like the toll of the temple bell
thump
My heart within my chest
responds
in kind
in time
I raise on right hand
to my chest
and feel my heart
throbbing
throbbing
in time to the ticking
of the left clock
the right one struggles
tic
toc
tic...
...toc
Then,
tic
toc
tic
YOU ARE READING
Ambiance (Cellphone Novel)
FantasyA girl is enclosed in a temple where she is a prophetess. She only wakes to see the late afternoon sun. When she begins to dream of a second heart within, which beats to the rhythm of someone near her. My entry as part of the Team Dreams in @rskov...
