Forever

To each beginning there is given an end
For everything that once blossoms must wither away
The sun once risen must eventually set
And a curtain of darkness shrouds the light of the day

The sands of time are the cruellest of all
They show no mercy nor heed any call
All creation will fade into dust
Nothingness will devour both evil and just

Yet from this dust shall hope be reborn
The seedlings of life the earth shall adorn
Where death brought an end life shall pen new lines
The hourglass shall turn, the sand marking a new time

Everything that began must sometime end
And everything that ended shall begin anew
All creation into a circle shall blend
How perfect the miracle, the mystery, the truth.

- Louisa Karen Newnes