Oh my Phantom, this is heart-wrenching!!! You have so brilliantly gave me the picture of what's happening the moment he was taken away and the way you have incorporated the clock, the third ticker, at the end of the poem is just amazing! I have lost a very special person in my life and yes, it is an echo of tears and laughter blending every time my heart remembers she is gone...and I feel too that the earth is so much sweeter. Well done and glad that you are posting new stuff!