Sands of Time

searching the abyss of life

 

Sands of Time

these grains of sand passing by I find

are like the memories of lives gone past

and as these sands of time flow through my mind

I wonder when I will find the key at last

living in caves searching the heavens

fishing in streams and hunting my meals

and each morning as the sun star leavens

my mind turns like stone age wheels

a million years have come and gone

I suppose a million more will pass on by

the age of man has hardly dawn

I look up and wonder why

why am I here just what is my purpose

sometimes I feel this is such a cruel game

in this ring of a crazy circus

am I a fool should I feel some shame

some say just keeping faith is all you need

I think that's a hopeful guess

you cannot know from where came the seed

it is impossible to say truly yes

many before me and yet more will come

to trudge through the desert of life

the sands of time shifting beat like a drum

and we dance on to music from the fife

I can only hope that when I have gone

no one will shake their heads and say

he followed in line just like a pawn

retracing steps of another day

once again I look to the sky

ever searching for inspiration devine

feeling tears fall from my eye

tears of all mankind not just mine

 

Gomer LePoet...

Reviews

[just is]

wonderful & lovely write

[Emily]

Sometimes the meaning of why and where we are is just too complicated to understand and grasp. We spend our lives searching for something we're not sure we will ever find, and sometimes even when we find it we have no concept that we've actually found it.

nice work, thanks for making me think.

[Liza]

so beautiful

[?]

I think we have all wondered at one time or more what our purpose in life is, and whether we ever find it I dont know. But I do think others see anothers purpose when we dont. I believe that everything and everyone has a purpose, whether it is as simple as just giving a smile to someone.
Great poem Gomer

[Cherrie]

your poems hit the mark every time,this creates a great mental image and leaves the reader with food for thought

[Desert Dreamer]

This poem has much depth and I must stop to think...we are all unique creations of nature...to look inside oneself and wonder why nature created this life...searching the depths within to see if there is an answer.

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Love it!