Watching the Grains

i wrote this and sent it to a poetry contest and they said i won a bunch of things but i had to pay money to get it. so i never bothered with it again

Lying in bed wondering why life is so hard

yearing for the days when i can look back and laugh

wishing I knew now what I will know in time

thinking about the rest of my life

 

college, a job, a family, a home

trying to decidein which direction I should go

I feel as if I'm living in a place where time has stood still

or maybe I'm not keeping in pace

 

Or have i been disqualified from this race

time is of the essence in this hourglass of life

you dont know when it will end

 

But while you wait and watches as it passes

you'll realize why i compare....

Life to hourglasses