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Through the Hourglass:

I watch the sand
through the hourglass,
Go slipping by so fast,
Through time and space
I see your face,
Wearing just another mask.

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Darren White

June 25, 2017 at 4:41 AM

Just have to comment again, and say it's one of your very best poems and I am going to put it in the crane bag ;)

White Wolf

June 25, 2017 at 4:46 AM

Haha, thanks, my friend! /|\

Sandra Haight

May 19, 2017 at 3:22 PM

White Wolf, congratulations on your podium win for this poem that images so much in so few words. 7 Sandra

Anisha Dutta

May 19, 2017 at 12:58 PM

Big congrats to win top on this nice piece

Agnes Krampe

January 13, 2017 at 7:19 PM

Congrats on your win, White Wolf. Lots of deep meaning in so few lines, and enough left over to let the reader interpret. Nicely done. Agnes

White Wolf

January 13, 2017 at 9:31 PM

Thank you, Agnes /|\

Janice Canerdy

January 13, 2017 at 6:34 PM

You have said so much, so well, in so few words! Congrats on your win. Janice

White Wolf

January 13, 2017 at 9:30 PM

Thank you /|\

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

December 23, 2016 at 4:47 AM

Very good...especially the surprise, but all too often real, ending. Congratulations on your well deserved 3rd place win.

White Wolf

December 23, 2016 at 5:04 AM

Thank you very much, Dane /|\

Freddie Robinson Jr.

December 17, 2016 at 10:35 PM

Very cryptic ending, Rick. Your poetic versatility shines in this poem. Strong emotions and timeless emotional bond. Very well written poem, nicely done. Love and more love to you and yours.

White Wolf

December 17, 2016 at 10:39 PM

Thanks once again RW! Have a great weekend my friend! /|\

Andrea Dietrich

December 16, 2016 at 9:27 PM

I love a short one like this full of meaning, Rick and what the heck is vogon?

White Wolf

December 16, 2016 at 11:05 PM

Haha, vogon is the third-worst poetry in the universe! /|\

Eve Roper

December 16, 2016 at 8:48 PM

Very good, Rick, the sands of time , but changing as we turn the hourglass around for a new life progress Hugs :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

December 16, 2016 at 3:22 AM

- One human can have many masks .... uncertainties and fake ....or is it the "truthful mask" (?) - Great written, Rick - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Darren White

December 16, 2016 at 2:11 AM

For me it is a different mask, every time your hourglass empties. I like it how everyone reading your poem may have a different interpretation.

White Wolf

December 16, 2016 at 2:18 AM

Yes, the hourglass represents eternity and every life we enter into we wear a different face! That's what I was thinking when I wrote it anyway! /|\

Chris Green

December 15, 2016 at 11:01 AM

The thing is you can take that mask wearing face once the sand runs out and turn it upside down, and start the entire process over again. And the good thing is, if it was frowning, now it will be smiling. Very deep Rick, didn't mean to clown it up. This piece made me think.