My hourglass used to be filled with sand,
but then there was a leak,
and slowly, surely, my time ran out.
I filled my hourglass with water,
but then time flowed by in the blink of an eye.
I filled it with concrete:
at first I liked having time at a standstill,
but that got old pretty quick.
I once left it empty,
but air flows even faster than water.
I filled it with dirt:
sometimes time would flow,
but sometimes it got stuck and I'd have to shake it loose.
I've put many things in my hourglass,
but I can't seem to get time to flow just right.