Sand Time [Writer's contest]

I have my own fears

They tend towards controlling all of me

What I have learnt has taught me nothing

What I have seen as shown me nothing

I look but I don’t see

I hear but I don’t listen

Am I wrong to think something is wrong with me?

What I thought I was good at turned out to be my biggest skepticism

I am living everyday as it comes

Someone told me that’s the best path

Another told me that’s the most dangerous path

Whatever ways, that path has two extremes to it

Tread it or avoid it

I choose the later in every sphere nigh or far

Because I know one thing for sure

The sand in the hour glass ceases not to pass

I stood out under the naked skies

I saw the flaming ball of fire

I saw the clusters of clouds in artistry

I saw birds flying unified across that wonder art

Then more birds…

….and more birds

And still more birds….

And then it hit me…

The beauty of living is not in one’s ability to do something

It’s in one’s ability to believe in what he can do

Anyone who has that, is invincible to time’s uncertainty

His process not steady but sure…

As the sand in the hour glass ceases not to pass

So now I wake up every day with a brand new resolve

I want to be better than I was yesterday

So I take a cue from the birds

Take a flight from the bottom…end up at the top

Every day this is what my life entails

Difficult at first but “piece of cake” after the third try

Those “little giant” strides conquering my mind’s inability to comprehend the process

They have helped my “roll-on” with time

As the sand in the hour glass ceases not to pass

Search your soul, tell me what you feel

Share those fears with me

Let me see your heart

Would you fall? Oh yes you will..

Would you stay down? That’s yours to decide..

One promise, let me in, I will hold your hand and help you up

When you fall, you’ll rise one step higher

Tell me your dreams

Trust me with your process

…and let’s toast this ride….

There’s still some sand in the hour glass

We’ve got time!

We’ve sure got some sand time!!

NAME: TINA OLORUNFEMI