The ornate rosewood clock
Chimed 12 midnight;
Tick tock tick tock...
Echoed back lavish papered walls.
Only the soft candlelight
Bore witness to the scarlet stained walls;
The anguished muffled cry
Drowned by the midnight chime.
It knew when to strike.
At midnight.
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 at 4:22 PM UTC
The ornate rosewood clock
Chimed 12 midnight;
Tick tock tick tock...
Echoed back lavish papered walls.
Only the soft candlelight
Bore witness to the scarlet stained walls;
The anguished muffled cry
Drowned by the midnight chime.
It knew when to strike.
At midnight.
