The hollowed out clock faces peer into the night
owl wide eyes staring out
The eyes see through the absence of light
as even stars wait for the moon to come out
A night and a sky not lit at all, the city's glow gone far away,
Between high mountains surrounding all sides
the glow of the sun cannot penetrate
The one place on earth where even darkness hides
The hollow faces of the clocks try to peer and see
but even the edge of the giant mountains are invisible
to all who have great sight
No eyes can penetrate this darkest night
The clouds come down thick and the wind disappears
Silence floods the land
The dull matted ambience of the clouds dampens all ticks, all thoughts, all sounds
The clocks go on through the night
water collects on their cogs and gears
dripping with moisture from invisible air
as another minute passes, another grain of sand
All travellers cease in dark like this, there is no hope of safety to be found
Not even shelter may come their way, they lay low, close to the ground
But the clocks march on with their hollowed dials
The blackness inside deeper still
than the night so treacherous in its inky sheath
the daggers of time are set to kill
All travellers die this fateful night
none escape time's unpitying bourne
The brave all perish despite their might
as the first cracks of light signal dawn
The night is passed and the deed is done
No breath will stir anymore
The bodies will vanish in the heat of sun
and none will mourn them evermore
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