Sands of Time

Song of Lament

 

The sands of time have been cruel to me

For they took away all that used to be

Your darling face is now a memory

The hands of time stole your love from me

Mirror on the wall ridicules my face

Since the beauty of yesterday’s replaced

By the wicked lines of the days that passed

Now I run away from the looking glass

How I wish I had your dear hand in mine

As I sit and wait with the sands of time

For I know that soon they will cease to flow

And the hands of time will urge me to go

I had dreamt for years that I’d be with you

In your precious arms when my days were through

But those sands of time were so cruel to me

For they took away all that used to be

Oh those hands of time were so cruel you see

For they took away your sweet love from me

 

©Kay Salady

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