10thousand Clocks / by Devin Williams

I sleep on 10,000 clocks

to feel time pass.

I reach in foggy dreams

from inside my fleeting bubble

and take a drink from the nightstand.

Rolling over, numb to nighttime chatter below,

I crunch glass time

beneath my weight.

The hands continue their journey

and pull at my suffocating skin.

I sleep on 10,000 clocks

and never leave my bed.

I need to feel time’s vibrating touch at all times.