Sands of Time

Such a vast landscape there is before me What great mystery in such a place That I may have a sensational opportunity To rewrite the past once lost in the sand’s face Surely, there is greatness to be found And wonders to discover To this contingency, I am surely bound As surely as I have breath and my thoughts I do cover I walked until I could tread no more Surely, this must be the end My life as I had seen it before, Visions of peril my mind did lend For the sands of time indeed, imposed much grief And by this perpetual silence, my heart found relief