SANDS OF TIME



The sands of time
Which control our existence,
Are fast running out.

Borrowed moments
Must be repaid with,
Alarming interest.

Life is slowly
Grinding to a halt,
Before our very eyes.

Misty feelings
Control all our emotions,
Control all our reasoning.

People touch us and
Some small part of them,
Rubs off onto us.

But now time's sands
Are running out, like our lives,
Are fast running out.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About this poem

An ancient philosophical poem of mine, from c. 1985.

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Written on 1985

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxA xxx xxx xxx xxx xxA xxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 441
Words 78
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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