Once as a child,
Mama asked me where I'll be in
10
15
20 years’ time.
Tick Tock Time crept.

Once as a youth,
Drunken by imagination,
I dreamt where I'll be in
10
15
20 years from now.
Tick Tock Time wept.

Once as an adult
I'll wonder if I’ll ever make it in
10
15
20 years’ time.
Tick Tock Time ran.

And Once as I grow older
I've come to notice
To stand to be the child I was
10
15
20 years back.
Tick Tock Time goes.