Grains of Sand

Everyone knows that no two snowflakes are alike,
beautifully intricate and microscopically divine
they fall and stack with an unfathomable diversity.

Same though, for the humble grain of sand,
some volcanically forged crystals and elements,
others tiny past homes of tinier past creatures,
all purely one-of-a-kind.

So as our hourglasses pour out the daily minutes and seconds,
it is not unreasonable to believe
that the grains of sand
in all their originality
fit through the connecting tube
at different speeds, grasped a new way only once,
by the other grain falling beside it,
wedged for only a moment,
a moment shorter than you could ever know,
before the grains above finally shoo it down.

In essence, making some hours just a little longer,
or a little shorter.

So when your day drags on,
or gets away from you.
Think of the smaller things,
the flakes, the grains, the moments.