Hourglass

This great mystery
I have been allowed to know 

this sublimely incalculable figure
                                               

Its stability

its practicality
it's inviting me

It's attentive
to detail

to simplicity 

to order

This glass
is stunning

in time

in motion

every minute of every hour

Once molten
and now cool
its pair of bulbs
connected vertically
by a slender, toned neck
teasing with perfection

Everything has its place

with it

no batteries are needed

all it asks for

is a little guidance

a turn over here 

a turn over there

Its gentle, steady, reliable flow

from top to bottom

is beyond understanding
and most glorious

every grain
every mark
every freckle is gold

an inner alchemy of divinity