soap scene

the shot of the
hourglass
has resonance

the line of the shadow
reflects back to
us
an earlier scene
where the hero
performs
an
emergency appendectomy

so
when she turns
away from the
hourglass
to look though
the window

there is an
understanding
that this string
of coincidences
that has brought us
all here
is indeed
tragic

these children
playing in the golden
light
and framed
by white picket
fences
belong to them
in
secret

and...
just out of shot
/we assume
the sands
falter