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 |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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