encompassed life

Hourglass

I am captured. Slick transparent
walls embodies my era. The glass
of life feasts on my time. It is
the sands that are the moments
given to me as my birth right.
Newness and mystery fulfill the
sands of height as they wait
patiently to pass the
narrow road of life.
And for that single
moment that they
pass through the
spout they come
alive triumphantly
and dance as dreams delight.
But as quickly as it comes
it fades away too. Granules de-
send ceasing moments from pre-
sent to historical views. My era
will conclude when all the sand
has dropped. There is only one
thing left. That is time for someone
else’s life. Wright College 1992