The Hour Glass
A Poem on the Passage of Time
The hour glass, a representative of time. It has indispensable connections with work, stress, punctuality, organisation, appointments and essentially, stress.
Like it or not, we cannot do without it.It serves as a guide that we cannot do without.
An hour glass, broken and worn
Its sides old and cracked
By hours of hosting sand well shorn
Sides of the glass too well-pressed
By sand forever in a hurry
Its base weighed down by stress
Sand drips down to a constant tap
Always in good time
Hardly takes a nap
The sand in the glass
Neatly sorted grain
As per clarity and class
The sand moves to other side
In time to meet time and date
And to their needs abide
The glass that will forever be
Life's less affirmed guide
Glass will not set life free
From the hours that it must see.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (2)
Whoaaaa, this blew my mind! Loved the concept you used here!
Beautifully crafted. Well done.