Passage of Time - A Little Drabble Do Ya! March 30th

[gevaudan1986.livejournal.com]

...tick ....

'Which is worse?' he wondered. Being hung in the darkness unable to measure the passage of time, or being forcibly, audibly reminded of it?

...tick ...

He tried to ignore it. But the sound burrowed into his brain, compelling him to count seconds passing.

...ticktick ...

He ruminated on the clock's poor time keeping, its faintly metallic sound and the dampness of his shirt, before he realised it was the sound of his own blood, spilling across the metal floor of his cell.

His blood, counting the passage of time, until Death came for him.

Or Napoleon did.

Comments

[ssclassof56.livejournal.com]

Well done drabble.

[gevaudan1986.livejournal.com]

Thank you!