Sunday, March 7, 2021

the hour glass

as we age,
our skin 
becoming parchment,
the print
of our
words, our deeds
etched
upon our face
we are startled
by its quickness.
even the arms
and legs
are tells
to time passed.
we wake up
cold to the knowledge
that there is less
sand
than yesterday
in the glass.

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