Challenge
"Nothing is built on stone; All is built on sand..."
"...but we must build as if the sand were stone." Jorge Luis Borges
Poetry or prose.
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Sand and Stone
The hourglass whispers where
one unfurls his wares
Shh shh, tick tock
Time to settle still
A stone may be a throne
but only for a little
The hourglass is fickle
Speeds up in sunshine
Slows down in winter
Shh shh, Tick tock
A mouse runs up the clock
A mansion for vermin
The hourglass sounds shimmer
Along a winding river
The bear grazes berry splendor
A skipping stone of stars
Shh shh, tick tock
A start from a jack-in-the-box
Shh shh, tick tock
Shh shh, tick tock
A conscience despot
Paves a grand palace
Which does one day
crumble and decay
to Humble sand in vain