The Tall Hourglass

 Watching now

        the dropping 

            sands of hope

                one at a time

    the emptying tall hourglass

                   slowly now

            suddenly gone

       nothing left

no sand, no hope.

Where did it go

       life's dreams

         the heart's hopes

           life giving things

gone now in the tall hourglass

                 still watching

            what might be

         surely more

than just emptiness.

Waiting now

       nothing left

           but waiting

             and still hoping

seeing the tall empty hourglass  

              now in holy hands 

            knowing that care

      and life giving hope

is not far, but close.