The Hourglass

 Original Photo / Eduardo Diez Vinela  : https://www.flickr.com/photos/ed10vi/5786763218

Life is encased,

In a glass bevelled keeper,

Where sands that flow freely,

Are moments that matter,

And the memories we carry,

Are but crystalline grain,

Free falling slowly,

Like the patter of rain.

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Life is unmeasured,

And its certainty vague,

Where time is oblivious,

Content to let fade,

And faced with oblivion,

A mere life time away,

We turn the glass over,

So we still have today.