I Am My Relations

I am my relations

I come from
My burdens
My obligations
My responsibilities
And identities
That cage me

I come from
My desires
My needs
My aspirations
And incompletions
That fail me

I come from
My connections
And disconnections too

I come from
In me
Within me
Out me
And Other me

I come
From
The womb
The blood
And the soul
That embody me

I come from
The name
Of the family
And the caste
That birthed me

I come from
My neighbourhood
The smells and sights
The senses and noises
That shaped me

I come from
My work
My titles
My power
And the seats
That feed my ego

I come from
The streets of my childhood
The memories of my past
The food that I feed
And the body that I call mine

I come from
The grass
The flowers
And thorns
That nurture me

I, we, us
Aren't we one
Us, we, I
We are one

In oneness,
I am enough

Tick Tock Clickety Clock

Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Says the chiming clock
with a twang of the passing hour

Hold on a bit long long
My task list is full yet
No closer to finish yet

Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Says my body Clock
With a yawn and ache

Hold on a bit long long
My task list is full yet
No closer to finish yet

Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Says the Sun over the Horizon
disappearing without a trace

Hold on a bit long long
My task list is full yet
No closer to finish yet

Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Says my door man
showing keys in my face

Hold on a bit long long
My task list is full yet
No closer to finish yet

Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Say the rushing commuters
getting home to loved ones

Oh Go away you task list
Not your slave I wish to be
Tick Tock Clickety Clock
Off I go into my dream space
Where task lists have no place!