Hourglass Passage Exploding in My Veins

What was once the dark hours of my being 

I had these thoughts

Without words to go with them 

My mind deepened

Into cylindrical vases

Colorless dye 

There I could mourn like old messages 

To a friend who no longer knows my essence

Nor measures up

to keep it holy 

Not knowing what to do with all the

moments

I've missed them

Reacting to what was

Least imperative 

In virtue or in fate 

Future moments unwind in my mind 

Like clockwork moving 

In clockwork speed  

Spinning time

Fortune cries 

Just to get rid of it all 

To please the psyche of my soul 

When words aren’t enough 

I am felt

Wholly 

When the knowing comes to know 

That haunts the darkness of those years 

ago 

As it creeps up 

onto shoulders

Landing on its victory  

Opening up 

to new living 

Immense and soothing

Breathes in timeless pools of 

emptiness

Creation peaks

and so I am.