Drabble "Obsession"

For those of you who don't know what a drabble is, it is a sort of writing game where a prompt is given, and the participants are given five to ten minutes to write a one-hundred word piece based on that prompt. Since it's very difficult to make it exactly one-hundred words, I sometimes go a little over or am a little under. But here is one of mine.

Obsession-

"I couldn't help myself. The gears, the springs, the metal. Every little detail had to fit into place so perfectly to make it work. Not a single part could be spared or left out. It had to be perfect, it must be. The gentle tick of previous projects surrounded me, all of them perfectly in sync with one-another. How could anyone ignore their beauty? It didn't seem right. So often ignored, but they were a feat of technology to be revered. I placed the last gear into the piece and closed it, unable to stop myself from staring into the crystal face and admiring my work. These were my obsession."