A Message To Time Poem by Elie Geni

My mom is telling me to go to bed.
It's only 9: 30.
9: 31
9: 32
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Its 9: 33 now
time moves so fast, doesn't it
one second you are smiling, and just living life. Then life slaps you in the face.
9: 34
It's just, things are never permanent. They seem like they'll last forever, but they don't
9: 35
How are we supposed to figure out how to live this roller coaster of a life when time moves so quickly?
How am I able to love someone with all of my heart, and have to watch them grow up in front of me?
9: 36
######'s 18, she can vote, drink, do all sorts of things, just because the hour changed
9: 37
###### is 10 now. Double digits. I was 9. nine years old, and already wanting to die. What is she going through, that she might not be telling us?
9: 38
I look at her and she seems so young, but I look back, and I was even younger. How does this happen?
###### is turning 14 soon. He'll be able to drive. My baby brother will be driving. He's too little
9: 39
I've spent every minute of my life with ###### in it. I can't remember a life without ######. ###### came into it when I was so young. They are my siblings, and I love them with my whole heart. And now they are grown up
9: 40
And I don't know what to do about it
9: 41