WELL DONE! Poetry TEMPORAL by Ashley Tunnell

TEMPORAL by Ashley Tunnell

Time

Is the heaviest burden to carry

We cram it into some messy side pocket

Of our already congested hearts

And compare it to sand

Falling through an hourglass

Truthfully,

Time falls like raindrops

On hot concrete

And by the time we realize it

Our shadows have run out of breath

From trying to keep up

We are trying so hard to grasp

What lies ahead of us

But, it is like trying to grasp

The thin whisps of yesterday’s fog

And they’re too heavy to carry anyway

Ashley Tunnell is a writer from Blairsville, GA. She is completing a bachelor’s degree with a teaching pathway in English from the University of North Georgia, and she intends to pursue her master’s degree in the same field with a concentration in creative writing. Her work has been published in UNG’s literary magazine as well as the Southern Literary Festival’s anthology of poetry and short stories. When she is not reading, writing, or studying, Ashley enjoys spending time with her family and singing in her local community choir.