Time’s Fool

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Time’s Fool

I’ve labored now for many years trying to make time stop,
thinking if it just would pause, that I could cross its top
and go into the future or go into the past––
passing back and forwards over timelines that are vast.

For years I used up all my time thinking about this.
I never had a child or even a first kiss.
I thought if I made time my slave, then I’d have time to do
all those wished for “one day” things I’d added to the queue:

dating, travel, games of chance, gardening and cooking––
all the things that others do while I have just been looking
for the perfect formula to take me back in time.
(Or traveling to the future would be equally sublime.)

But, for my whole life, you see,  I’ve been no place but here,
fiddling with gadgets and sitting on my rear.
In trying to trick time I fear that I’ve tricked only me,
for life itself is time travel, and the cost is free!

I do not mind the cash I’ve spent.  I don’t regret the cost.
The only thing that I regret is all the time I’ve lost!

Pick Your Gadget: time machines, anywhere doors, and invisibility helmets. You can only have one. Which of these do you choose, and why? https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/pick-your-gadget/

16 thoughts on “Time’s Fool”

    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I don’t do it much anymore and usually err on the opposite side–or planning and doing too much. Having to be constantly busy or I fear I’m wasting life. The person described in the poem is fictional, although certain elements of his/her life describe us all to a degree.

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          We never know what effect our actions have on others. I don’t win the lottery? Someone else does! I miss my flight? Someone else gets my seat. I burn the lasagna? I lose the pound I would have gained eating it. If we can just take the long view, most things could turn out right. I am so glad I could give you a different perspective to replace your guilt! Ha. Merry Xmas!!!

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