# Poem #76: The Hourglass

Author: bhscorch1313
Tags: Poetry, life

#77 of Poetry

Assignment #5/8 of my college Creative Writing Poetry class. This poem is about freedom, discovering ourselves, and is a metaphor for what we as humans are tied to that is both necessary and unnecessary.

_The Hourglass_

The sounds of an hourglass  
Are small, but exist.  
Its affects upon the mouse are none indeed  
But the effects on man are greater  
For the man feels rushed and hurried  
To complete his task in the time allotted.  
He hurries to complete the report  
So he can hold on to his job.  
Finally, he finishes the report, and reaches for the stapler.  
In the process, he knockes the hourglass  
Off of his desk,  
And it shatters.  
Sending sand onto the floor  
Afflicting the mouse with fear.

The man stops what he's doing.  
He stares at the broken hourglass.  
Then, he stands up from his chair,  
Without paper in hand  
And slowly walks out of the door of his office  
Carrying neither his briefcase nor his coat  
And walks out of the building  
And down the street  
Aimlessly.

~bhscorch

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