Wednesday 1 October 2014

Hourglass

 

           
 
 
               Hourglass; making the sand fall faster. It is said that the consumption of an entire cigarette
reduces ones life by 7 minutes. An elderly woman, exchanging the dry relaxation of a cigarette for time she has yet to live. It appears as though she is in a third-world country where stress is imminent, and as we all have habits to cope with our stress, she inhales the ataractic smoke. Her facial expression is emotionless. Each wrinkle represents a painful expierience not worth remembering; but still lingering in her subconsience like that time you called one of your teachers "mom". The lady almost emits this mysterious aura, as though she's seen it all before. The fact that she's wearing make-up suggests she still values her self image, but at the same time her consumption of tabacco suggests she's lacking very much will to live on. Could it be that the people with the most wisdom are the people with the least opportunity to spread it. Maybe everyone is just trying to get the most out of the sand in their hourglass.

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