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Time Itself

December 10, 2018
By Anonymous

A day only feels like a minute.

The weeks in a year only feel a snippet.

Time puts everyone on a limit.

I watch the time go by and my eyes tear.

I realize that it is my biggest fear,

because there aren't enough days in the year.


I think to myself how has it been a year?

Time flies and it only feels like a minute.

I am begging to shed a tear,

Not being able to enjoy the moment is my fear.

My childhood feels like a snippet.

I don't want my life to reach its limit.


I hope the day doesn't reach its limit,

because I know that it's almost the end of the year.

When it becomes that time I'm struck with fear.

It flew by and feels like a snippet.

An hour has gone by and I thought it was only a minute.

The time goes by and I feel my eyes tear.


Good things go by too fast and I shed a tear.

I'm glad that memories do not have a limit,

even though you can really only remember a snippet.

I can remember memories only for a minute.

Time makes everything fade over the year.

As I get older time becomes my biggest fear.


Not having enough hours in a day makes me fear,

as I look back I start to tear.

The days go by when it only feels like a minute.

It feels the same with the weeks in a year.

I wish time didn't have a limit,

so I could enjoy more of it than a snippet.


I wish time could be more than a snippet.

So I wouldn't have to live life in fear,

and not have to worry about the end of each year.

I want to live life with no time limit.

I wish to live life without the time and not always tear.

The time limit makes me live until the last minute.


Even though the minutes only feel like a snippet.

The time makes me tear and feels like there's a limit.

I chose to ignore it each year so I won't have to live in fear.


The author's comments:

This poem is a sestina poem. This type of poem is when a write picks six words and uses those six words at the end of each stanza in a different order. This was the hardest thing I have ever written and it is my favorite piece as well. I am a junior in high school and I love to write. 


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