Hourglass

The hourglass is set

 

As the sand slowly falls

another second of your life goes by

 

Falling one grain at a time

it slowly reaches a close

so live it up while you’re in your prime

 

You can’t put it in reverse

can’t just flip it upside down

no matter how diverse

no matter how much decisions make you frown

 

one little piece of sand falls

every time your heart pumps

don’t be trapped inside fearful walls

don’t be afraid of taking lots of leaps and jumps

everything will fall into place

 

so take life as it comes

live how you want to

maybe to the beat of rapid drums

but what ever you do

try not to break the

hourglass

Author's Note

I've never seen a poem set up like this, and I wanted to try it. Tell me what you think of it

Reviews

[alexis]

good job.

[DearSweetAgony]

This poem is very cool.
Its very hard to keep a story within a poem but you've done a great job with that here.
Good Job!

[Roxi L]

Very moving and the emotion is just incredable

Writing keeps the dream alive
~Roxi/V~

[light and ashes]

great poem.
this stanza is my favorite:
"one little piece of sand falls
every time your heart pumps
don’t be trapped inside fearful walls
don’t be afraid of taking lots of leaps and jumps
everything will fall into place."

there is great wisdom and advise in this. Marvelous job :]

[curvytheatergeek]

I love it. Not only the shape of the poem which is wicked cool, but also the poem itself. It speaks to that part of you that is always how much time is left, do I even have enough time? Very well written and a pleasure to read...

[Becky C Strukamp]

I agree with Maria , a very moving piece. I loved it.

[Day Dreamer]

This is very moving. Easy to understand and well written. I love it. Keep writing! :)

[Tom Chan]

great piece :)

[Tasha]

This was amazing and also inspirational to live life to the fullest.
♥ Ta'Shandra