I slip through your fingers as sand in a sieve.
A brief moment, an eternity, is when I live.
I'm nothing at all, yet I contain everything.
Time travellers leave me, but I'm always waiting.
I'm always moving, yet you're always within me.
Held between mighty ones who can never win me.
Inspired by Joe-You-Know's nice riddle, and by XKCD via the current Fortnightly Topic Challenge.
Answer
I think you are
The present
I slip through your fingers as sand in a sieve.
The present moment is always fleeting, as sand in a sieve.
A brief moment,
The present lasts no more than a moment.
an eternity, is when I live.
But it is always the present.
I'm nothing at all,
The present doesn't really have a duration, it's length is essentially zero.
yet I contain everything.
Everything is contained in the present.
Time travellers leave me,
Time travellers leave the present to move into the future, or past.
but I'm always waiting.
I guess when a time traveller moves, they will move to a new present time, from their perspective.
I'm always moving,
The present is ever-changing
yet you're always within me.
You are always within the present moment.
Held between mighty ones who can never win me.
The past and the future.
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