{"line1":"I placed the hourglass on its edge","line2":"and watched the sand roll on through.","line3":"To everything there is an end,","line4":"I muse.","line5":"But in thine eye and my love for thee,","line6":"the sands of the hourglass reach","line7":"miles high beyond the sky.","line8":"The particle of my life is the","line9":"first of the sands to plummet,","line10":"but my love for thee","line11":"fills all the sands, the hourglass itself,","line12":"and even the hand of fate which","line13":"turns to hither and thither—","line14":"for my love in thee","line15":"","line16":"","line17":"it cannot defeat.","seoTitle":"The Hourglass — A Poem of Love Beyond Time and Fate","seoDescription":"A reflective poem where the sands of an hourglass become a measure of infinite devotion that even fate cannot defeat — by Pemba Umoja.","keywords":"the hourglass poem, love and time poetry, eternal love poem, fate and devotion poem, Pemba Umoja poetry, reflective poetry"}