The Walker

He sits on his bed

Staring at his hands as if 

They hold the answers.

He looks at the bottle of 

Sand next to him, the hourglass slowly

Emptying the top and filling the bottom

One grain at a time.

It empties and 

He turns it over. His face blank 

As a canvas, heart empty 

As a cave, soul as lonely 

As the long road he walked today.

He waits patiently for the 

Bottle to turn over once again

So he can return to the road, 

Walking the world with his outstretched thumb, 

Waiting on someone who can never come.

Reviews

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this is sad, time and life pass by before we are ready to let it all go, in a way this reminds me of a song by Fastball called 'the way'