Sand into Glass

Sand,
sifted through an hourglass,
in the same light contained in what it is,
when placed in fires burning.
A transition from a freely flowing form,
into something that can shatter,
break, or cut,
when once so soft a touch,
where once the feet were placed upon a beach in summer,
barefoot, and carefree,
with the ocean waves bringing in the tide,
and the seagulls calling,
following a ship,
sailing upon the sea,
ironic,
as the waves break,
over the heart,
of what is to be.