Sonnet I

When I was young I stood on sand

And for support held onto dust

But when the dust drew back its hand

This earth I could no longer trust

For in the eve all suns will sink

And tears of grief will never rest

The greatest minds will cease to think 

And with them die what they possessed

Yet all this pain will fade away

When ticking clocks need tick no more

And life, we learn, is but a phase

Of waiting at that golden door

And so the dust my hands will free

That they might grasp eternity