The Hourglass Is Turned

 

The Hourglass Is Turned

 

The Hourglass is turned

What have we earned...

We remain alive

Wanting to survive

And thrive... through

Many a splendorous

Season- where love

Touches all things

As time ticks away

Carefully counting

The sum of moments

Found in each day.

 

The hourglass is turned-

The moment we are born

As the angel trumps the horn

To announce another heart

Has begun a journey

Under the moon and sun

At the silent break of dawn.

Will the journey be long -

Filled with adventures  and

Song -from  a young life to old ...

Or burdened with heartbreak,

Suffering and sorrows,

Untouched tomorrows 

A life ended way too soon.

 

The Hourglass is turned

And no one on earth has the power

To stop the hands of time

On the face of the clock-

The face that tells us about

The race we are in - from the moment

We are born,to every second of our life.

 

Will you choose wisely

What you do with your life...

Now that the hourglass is turned

And the numbering of our days

Is set ~like the golden sunset

That tells us good-bye

At the end of each sacred day ?

The hourglass is turned-

What have we earned ?

Did we earn the love and trust from another?
Did we earn wisdom?
Did we earn the chance to live humbly before God ?

The hourglass is turned.

 

So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.~Psalm 90:12