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My Time Machine

My memories provide a time machine -
I shut my eyes, through time I quickly fly.
I'm taken back to when I was thirteen
to navigate the maze of Junior High.

I see a photograph and now I'm thirty;
a week or two since having our first child.
Still learning how to change him when he's dirty
then time zips by; now HE is thirty - wild!

I find myself wishing I could go back
to right some wrongs and unsay words I'd said.
Hug loved ones or seek wisdom that I lack;
to love my parents more on their deathbed.

But two things I would not change in my life:
My faith in God, or marrying my wife.


written 20 Aug 2020

Copyright © John Watt | Year Posted 2020

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Krish Radhakrishna Date: 9/5/2020 4:45:00 AM Lovely sonnet! I love the conclusion~ two things I wouldn’t change in my life, Faith in God and my wife!! Very good indeed!! Login to Reply John Watt Date: 10/22/2020 9:22:00 PM I appreciate your kind feedback, Krish.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/22/2020 1:57:00 PM See, my friend, you are getting so much into sonnets now, you too are writing ANYTHING you want with them . Very nicely done. I loved the part about your own child now 30. WILD! And mine are in the 40's now. EXTRA wild. Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/22/2020 5:03:00 PM That is a comment worth savoring and keeping. It's been my intent to become more lucid in sonnet writing so that any given subject can be captured within its 14 line little room. Still getting there, but thanks so much for the encouragement. Hugs ~ John

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/22/2020 1:57:00 PM I see it won (with Brian?) Awesome, and Congrats. Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/22/2020 5:02:00 PM Thank you, my friend.

Sam Kauffman Date: 8/21/2020 4:24:00 PM Back in time to wish you congratulations on your winning placement - very timely! No time outs for this sonnet! Grace and peace! Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 4:32:00 PM Sam, your humor is batting 1.000, if mine could only bat .333 comparatively, I would be having a good day at the plate. Thanks for your double play visit today. Now go warm up, we might need you in the ninth!

Sam Kauffman Date: 8/21/2020 1:56:00 PM Time has a way of sharpening our "what if's" and dulling the edges of some memories allowing us to handle them. Really nice sonnet of wisdom, my friend! Sending you blessings from the smokey bay! Good luck in the contest! Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 2:15:00 PM Thank you my friend. "Time" is always an intriguing subject to me, whether writing or reading. Appreciate the comment.

Regina Mcintosh Date: 8/21/2020 10:10:00 AM This is wonderful - I enjoyed it so much and love how you love and write :) Bless you Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 10:27:00 AM Thank you for the blessing of your kind reviews, Gina. Enjoy your day, my friend.

John Hamilton Date: 8/21/2020 8:17:00 AM Very touching write John, I'm with you in wanting to undo some errors of the past, but alas we can only continue to right the wrongs over time with kind acts, enjoyed! Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 8:19:00 AM Amen, John. Time moves one direction. If we refuse to grow from our mistakes then we are wasting time. Take care.

Arturo Michael Date: 8/21/2020 6:46:00 AM You have exposed your heart in ink...Well expressed... Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 7:40:00 AM Thank you, Arturo. Kind of you to visit and leave your much appreciated thoughts.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/21/2020 3:11:00 AM How time flies John, more so as you get older. We all look back with some regrets wondering if we'd taken a different path things might have worked out better. We certainly can't change our past but we can take more care in the future having learnt from past mistakes. Tom Login to Reply John Watt Date: 8/21/2020 7:42:00 AM Don't I know it, Tom. If it weren't for the school of past mistakes, I'd be an uneducated fool. Thanks for the visit, my friend.