Sand In My Hand Poem by Alfred Ramos

Sand In My Hand



(Inspired by friends' poem with same title)

I picked up the sand, moist from my tears
But it dried quickly by my burning fears
Since then I've tried
To hold sand in my hand
Part of a futile plan
To display the heart of man

It's a futile attempt to tell the story
Yet they hold moments of glory
But they are slipping away
For grains of sand are not clay
I tighten my grip
Trying not to let a grain slip


And with every passing thought
I'm losing what I got
Something very dear
The tension hard to steer
A vacancy steadily occurs
An emptiness full of blurs
But I keep trying
Otherwise a piece of me is dying
To hold sand
In my hand

How hard it is win a battle but lose the war
When winning didn’t matter, lest it heal the scar
When I know what is my destiny
When the sands of time bury the rest of me
I will count each grain of sand
As they slowly fall from my hand
Each an ache of constant sorrow
Knowing things will be the same tomorrow

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James Bost 09 July 2009

great poem very detailed

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