The Hourglass

Faster and fasterSpills the hourglassAs I wait for himNo longer a childYet eternally my childBecoming the man I always dreamed he wouldAs he signs the papers That will take him awayTo far off placesWhere I can not followAs I watch him run Headlong into lifeI know the hourglasswill not stopEven if I wanted it toBut couldn't it justSlow down for a moment?  Written yesterday while I was waiting for James to come back from the recruiter's office.