Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist

Tick tock

Have you ever listened
To the ticking
Of the pocketwatch?

That slow,
Soothing,
Aggrivating sound

Always another second passed.
Always another moment lost.
Do you hear it?

Tick
Tock
Tick

It never
Misses
A beat

Tick
Tock
Tick

It just keeps
On
Ticking

Tick
Tock
Tick

It reminds me
Of how much time
We've lost

It reminds me
Of how little time
There is left

It reminds me
That no matter what,
We cannot turn back

At night
I hear it
Constantly ticking

It won't stop
That slow,
Steady beat

The seconds between
Seem gradually
Longer

And it seems like
An eternity passes
Between each tick

Why won't it
Just stop
Ticking?

Does it have
Some role
In life?

Is that why
It won't stop
Ticking?

I press the knob
And open it
Slowly

Revealing those
Engraved words
Of mine

Don't forget
3. October
1911

I click it closed
And hold it
To my chest

Its every tick
Matching with the beats
Of my heart

Slowly
And
Steadily

Tick
Tock
Tick

Always another second passed.
Always another moment lost.
Do you hear it?