Idle Hands

She drew a small circle
in the burning sands of time
To convey her vehement message
of truth
A merit so worthy of honor and praise
from the ones
Who gathered to survey
her prelude

They watched as she tenderly touched
each grain of sand
With her fingertips, so delicately fine
Each one holding their breath
to see what would happen
Wondering if the circle would affect
their own time

Each delicate movement,
each brush of her fingers
Brought forth
new triumphant sighs
As each relieved eye in the crowd
looked and cheered on
When no change to themselves
was applied

In one final swift movement
she finished with flourish
the small circle she had drawn
with her hands
The world as they knew it
disappeared into nothing
Like the sands of time,
they had allowed her
to command

Reviews

[Riptide]

The usage of circles and sand so symbolically and meaningfully is astounding. You really did a good job with this one. The use of the phrase 'sands of time' also really struck me as brilliant. It's a well known phrase, yet it has so much meaning behind it.

[Jouni Sakari]

This reminds me of zen , a moment of enlightenment
need to draw the circle by oneself , to know what it express
enjoyed this masterpiece of writing very much

[Michael X]

wow, this is depthfully eternal and smooth as a southern wind, I admire the abstract views, this is truly poetry. subtlel and stunning,
is etched into the readers minds.

[JohnEWordSlinger]

Pure magic, sometimes I wish I could do that, maybe we do without knowing it.
I think this is very original, and magical, thank you, much appreciated, WS

[Dream Weaver]

I have to add this "Idle hands for idle minds" This was eerily
magnifcent. Kind of dream like maybe even hypnotic.
I enjoyed this...

[Arthur Henn]

An hourglass of time
Vacant
with the hands of time
A message
written in the sand
Receding waves
of the sea
They always
disappear into nothing

I don't know why I wrote that, but your tapestry of words inspired them. I love that last stanza... It could be a poem it self.

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