The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

I sit on my steps and wonder

Who it plans to claim.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

The sound of its ticking grows

Louder day after day.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

It protrudes from the walls,

consuming all of my thoughts.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

I can feel the pain building up

As I become distraught.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

The sound pounds in my ears,

Driving me insane.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

It plans to claim someone,

But the tick went and came.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

The noise exploding even

As it slows.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

The feeling of despair

Hitting me with a blow.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

But one day it stopped,

Leaving me to wonder who it claimed.

The death watch is ticking;

I can hear it.

But it stopped ticking on the day that

My cousin Jordan was taken away.