I Was, I Am, I Will Be

I Was, I Am, I Will Be 

                                                      By Leah P. R. Leslie
                                                             11 years old


I was a second in a day waiting for a minute
To pass by but instead there were just seconds
I am time but I am never noticed until
I am gone
I give and I take till there is no more to take
I will be a dark dream waiting to be freed
I sit and wait
Occasionally hearing a baby crying
But one day you won’t hear that no more
I am death and life itself
Just waiting for a life to grasp
Every time I take I give
Some days there is nothing
To take
Or
Give
I was a second in a day waiting for a minute
But that minute of happiness never came.