September 16, 2010

Hourglass

Image via Magpie Tales

as I kept staring at this picture I realised my life is in the  possession of an hourglass
the sands would slowly glide down and quickly would the seconds pass
where a moment shall I accumulate memories of my pleasing days 
or might curse the desolations of my unfavorable past
or might fill in the empty minutes of the present space
or shall predict the upcoming hours till the last
a moment passed on sighing upon my ill deeds
whereas a moment of faith deliberating my good casts
where death shall be the master of my tomorrow
and slowly shall slide down the final portion of sand
and a new being shalt be born on the topsy- turvy of the hourglass
life would be equivalent from beginning to end.

(In collaboration with the Magpie Tales)

23 comments:

spacedlaw said...

Time spent on the past can be sweet or bitter but never can bring it back. Whereas it is wasted time therefore can be debated. The sweetness wins.

gautami tripathy said...

The past makes our future. It can never be wasted. Every experience is us. We are every experience!

timeless flies search for fries

Anonymous said...

Fourth line is delicious. Great write. Love and Light, Sender

ninotaziz said...

The topsy turvy of the hourglass.

Now that's the truth!

Kathe W. said...

and a new being shall be born on the topsy turvy of the hourglass
a lovely image Nice Magpie

Tess Kincaid said...

I like the bit about faith deliberating your good casts. Beautiful piece.

Elizabeth said...

I agree with Gautami, no moment is wasted, but each is a piece of whatever me I am becoming. Really like the topsy turvy of the hourglass and all of your different perspectives,

Elizabeth

Stafford Ray said...

'And a new being will be born on the topsy turvy of the glass'. That is such a profound expression of the natural order!

Tumblewords: said...

wonderful - the final three lines are outstanding!

Unknown said...

wonderfully introspective

measure the smiles
that's the way of the wise

Rene

Kristen Haskell said...

Lovely poem

Anonymous said...

A very enjoyable piece of writing.

CJ xx

Friko said...

Make what you will of time, you are the master the time
granted you in this life.

David said...

One thing I love about Magpie, besides the prompt to write, is being able to read the great work that others such as yourself do with the same subject. Nice work,and thanks for commenting on my first try also.

kathi harris said...

I like that bit about the topsy turvy of the hourglass.Sometimes u don't know if u r coming or going. Sometimes up is down & down is up.

Brian Miller said...

love that line about a new being being born on the hourglass ...tight write..nice magpie!

Lydia said...

I very much liked this. Your honest appraisal of a life that contains both good and bad acts is refreshing. And I think it is brilliant the way you use the hourglass to represent reincarnation.

chiccoreal said...

Dear Priyanka: An excellent, thought-provoking poem of the eternal questions. Particularly love;
"Where a moment I shall accumulate"
Love how the poem reminds me of the "topsy-turvy of the hourglass" with the concrete words in the middle. Very subtle and ingenious!

Steve Capelin said...

I liked the way this piece built from line one to the 'beginning to end' line

Carrie Van Horn said...

Such profound thoughts in this beautiful poem! :-)

Amanda Moore said...

we are so aware of time the essence of it when we watch it flow by are we not? Lovely words!

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

love your magical ending!

Anonymous said...

'pleasing days,'is beautiful. This is so true, we are all made of gathered moments, grains of sand in out hourglass lives.