Hourglass

On the quietest of nights
I can now hear its roar

This current hides calmly 
what fate has in store

Its crashing is consummate,
my drowning awaits

Last bend now approaching
—the hour grows late

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August: 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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