the hourglasses of our lives
are denoted by every grain of sand
the times of joy
the times of sadness
the times of achievement
the times of failure
the times of plenty
the times of nothing

the sands of time
in our individual hourglasses
all leave their distinctive marks
as they pass through
the necks of our hourglasses
we can reflect on each
of those grains of sands
they're an indelible record
of our life's span