It is simply saying that all is now in chaos. I am assuming the part that is confusing is "the quiet sands have run." It could easily be alluding to the way that during a sandstorm, the calm sands of the surface are no longer there as the chaos of the storm casts them about.
To spot the words and sentences the don't flow well in the essay.
Um what module (what heck does module even mean) and you need to do this on your own sorry