Heart-Shaped Clock

Tick.
I hear a lonely heart-shaped clock that goes
a-tick tock tick tock - then it stopped - I look -
Tock.
- When the rhythm - had
come amiss,
I fear that it may not start again.
I -
ra-a-attle it
and I -
sha-a-ake it
to no avail.
Maybe (j
      ust maybe
      !)
The day before I -
I dropped it on a stranger's hand a li-i-ttle rough
ly and yesterday
he threw it back - at - me mu -
much too roughly.
I open it and
I see
                      this
                      wheel
     goes
     to
                  this
                  knob  
         goes
         to
             that
             wheel
where?
I close it again - hurriedly.
  ????
      ????
          ????
              ????
                  ????
                 ?this?
                 ?knob?
                  ????
was still there.
It looks painful -
It shouldn't be there.
It hurts when I touch it.
 t       it        t
  e      won't      e
 a      come       a
r       off       r
 s                 s
I -
twi-i-ist it
and I -
tur-ur-urn it.
Tick.
It beats again.
Ticks me back to life, so silent
ly. Tocks my pain away - be quiet -
tick tock tick tock - that's my clock.
T'morrow I shall drop it in his hands again.