Tick
Tick
Tick
Tap
Tap
Miss

                      Tick
                      Tick
                      Tick

                                         Miss

      Scratch
      Scratch
      Tap tap
      Scream

Stroke
Stroke
‘Hello?’

                  ‘no’

Stuck in your own head,

                    you’re alone.

Tick tick
  Tap tap
    Scratch scratch
      You’re trapped.
        Tra tra
          Pa pa
          Ha ha
         Haha
        Hahaha
       Hahahaha.

No way out.
Shout ?
‘what’s wrong? What’s this all about?’

Nothing.
She…



               Nothing.

-
I don’t want to be

Just another tick,

A heartbeat,
Off your list.



I left the taps running.

The shot? I missed.

You scratched on the door like a cat waiting to be let in.
Screamed when you saw what you’d seen.

Stroked my face.

Awake?
‘Hello?’ I heard you say.


‘no’ go away.

It’s not fair,

You should have left me there.

I didn’t want to be saved.