The Timeless Clock

Time that would not wait nor stutter

Seems to have struck a deal with its teller

For it stood flawless and perfect among others

Captivating everyone with its splendor.

Hanging by the wall, hooked onto a screw

The archaic clock stood over the anew

It had survived many eras

years and decades too long to count

Outgrew families, outgrew kingdoms

and outgrew its maker who is resting alone.

Oversaw life and death alike in its sight

All it could do was watch peopl

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e thrive

Untold winters and summers that would never be apprised

For the time teller was the only one to survive.

Children playing about, and people chattering away

All that was now just a memory within

If it could talk of the stories, it would tell

Never-ending just like the time was,

But now it just hangs there looking over a family,

That stood there with hand in hand in its expose

‘The perfect antique for our home’ the wife chortles

And off to a new story the clock goes.