Countdown | By Grace Chua

laughter and tears and all the moments in between

In the sterile hum of the hospital room, A countdown begins, a ticking womb, Where life's uncertain rhythm slows its pace, And mortality's dark shadow takes its place. countdown by grace chua

The clock ticks on, indifferent to pain, As life's brief candle flickers, lost in vain, The countdown's cold, mathematical refrain, Echoes through eternity, a haunting strain. laughter and tears and all the moments in