Hourglass

The first grain of sand,
In the swirling sands of time;
Seconds sift away.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Edmonds Avatar
March 29, 2009 at 10:24 AM
The sands of time, wow...
Goombi Avatar
March 25, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Nice work, the seconds do sift away.
Neal Avatar
March 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Swirling sands of time describes it best. nice job, I'm behind on my work.
Martin Avatar
March 23, 2009 at 11:05 PM
The Sahara in a glass vial. Great work. Tyler
Gass Avatar
March 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Very wise words in this beautiful Senryu, Raul! Great imagery. Love, Robin
Winter Avatar
March 13, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Way too quickly. Nice. Love, Shar
Neal Avatar
March 12, 2009 at 2:34 PM
TIme chases after all of us, nice work on this senryu...Raul
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