Tick, tick, tick
Goes the bomb that is my mind-my soul.
It seems no matter what I do, that noise follows.

Tick, tick, tick
And with that noise come
the thoughts-the feelings.
The feelings that I can never quite shake
The thoughts that I can never quite silence.

Tick, tick, tick
If one more person attacks me for my beliefs
If one more person fails to respect me as another human being,

I think I will explode.