Treading The Sands of Time

Granular, condemned to this vast desert Endless drought Hot sand, landscape of mounds and barren dunes Stranded on my own, progressing forward slowly, steadily Don't blink, time will escape you and never return Drift on and on through the hourglass Feel the grains shift under your feet as you walk day and night Perpetually peripatetic, nomad of the dry sea Hears a peculiar sound off in the distance, so providential The bells chime Divine So blind The journey Is all mine March on Forgotten pawn Forsake The crown you don Father Time bestows his gift unto us Blessing or cursed affliction plaguing our kind Endless trek, wandering, aimlessly The raison d'être of man Treading the sands of time Trials and tribulations, litmus test for our race Endurance gauntlet Daunting, Brobdingnagian challenge Way of life it seems, continued survival Existence, ambulatory Wear and tear, scars and blisters form Fatigue and thirst Another page, another day marked by the sun Dusk to dawn, clinging to stagnation Simple fantasy Incessantly slog your life away Always searching for a reason, an answer, an end Yearning for the theme of the angel of death Hear her bells chime Divine So blind The journey Is all mine March on Forgotten pawn Forsake The crown you don Father Time bestows his gift unto us Blessing or cursed affliction plaguing our kind Endless trek, wandering, aimlessly The raison d'être of man Treading the sands of time Wings on her back and she sings With the bells marking the end New chapter, a new life, by and by No more time, send me off to the great beyond Body done, I won't run Lead me to my salvation Ascendency from the earth Born again, resurrection Destined to relive this life on repeat as my punishment Cursed existence Doomed to be immortal I will tread the sands of time