The Hourglass

The hourglass begins ticking in your arms and the rain starts moving in slow motion. The beat of the music and the bell sounds more delayed and drawn out like the tempo was slowing to a crawl. Until everything finally freezes leaving nothing but silence and raindrops suspended in mid-air. Then the rain and music slowly pick up speed and your surroundings start blurring by you lightning fast. Some parts of town seem to be frozen in place but slowly one by one, each part of the city starts to reanimate back to life.