New Poetry by Terri Pickard.

Life Through the Hourglass

 

Time rushes by like sand through an hourglass

Each second represented by a tiny grain of sand

Never slowing down always protected by the clear glass around it

Closely monitored by those peering through

Stopping only when it reaches the end of its cycle

Its life restarted when it’s turned upside down by those who love it

But when the glass is shattered, time speeds up

It is spilled onto the floor in one sudden movement

Time stops

Returning to where it came from,

A simple pile of sand scattered upon the ground