Sands of Time

 Slow down the moment, breathe it in
 See the floating filaments 
 of microscopic things.
 Taste on your lips the salt on the wind.
 Hear every sound, feel everything.

 And in the case you hit record, 
 These fleeting memories can be stored.
 How many moments passed me by in a flash?
 And what was more important, 
 than to make them last?

 But needy, greedy time absorbs you 
 in  your prime
 As a hungry hurricane, 
 destroys the hourglass,
 grain by grain,
 Flattening the days in its wake.

 Yes, time cannot be faked.
 Only, to be present in each second,
 Is a force with which it will reckon.