THE SAND IN THE HOURGLASS
SLIPS AWAY
SLOWLY....
LIKE THE INTIMATE BITS AND PIECES
OF LOVE.
ALL TOO QUICKLY
A RELATIONSHIP, ONCE FULL,
WHICH SEEMED WOULD LAST
FOREVER AND NOW, LIFE TOGETHER
ALSO DRIFTS AWAY. COMES TO A CLOSE
TO THINK OF TIME LEAVING US
GIVEN US WITH GOLDEN MEMORIES
BUT NOT USED, TO BE WRAPPED IN VELVET.
NOT SHARED, PRECIOUS TREASURES
FOREVER LOST THAT WILL BE HELD
BRINGS SORROW. IN A SACRED PLACE
NEXT TO OUR HEARTS.
THOUGH TIME HAS PASSED
STILL ONE WOULD WISH,
ONE WOULD DREAM,
EVEN KNOWING
LOVE
UNLIKE THE SAND IN
THE HOURGLASS
CAN NOT BE TURNED
AROUND
TO BEGIN
AGAIN...
copyright © 1995 R. Wayne Porter