Time Travel
An old wives tale of modern day
Say's do not eat before you swim
So why are cookies compulsory in order
to surf the web ?
A plethora of unwarranted advertising
from funeral cover to bedroom toys
And what i never even clicked
on today redirected me to a virtual
travel agent
And with time on my hands i thought
i'd play along
So where is your dream destination ?
And what is your preferred mode of transportation ?
If you could go anywhere at all where
exactly would you like to holiday?
Where ive always dreamed of going
I'm not sure can be reached by
Plane , Train , Automobile or Ship
As it doesn't reside on any map , ocean ,
continent or desert island
It has yet to be discovered but i have
already been there
Where i'd love and give anything to go ?
Is simply back in time to my past
But alas i fear you are in the business
of time share not time travel
And sadly i have run out of the
will or desire to create new memories
all i want to do is to relive my old one's
Back to a time when i knew who i was
before i pawned my father's watch
Back to before i chose to tread the
trampled path of woe that finds
me in the present
I'm sure at fleeting once i was a child
before i became the man i am
Little boy Pinocchio who wished wanted
and was willing to try anything just not to
he or who he actually was
Despite the fact that everyone who ever
met him really liked him spoke highly of him
and sought him as a friend
But never was it enough nor could
he see what others seen in him
Until the day it finally dawned on him
and it was far to late
Though he thought of himself as an
oyster shell
All along he was in fact the
secret treasured pearl hidden deep
inside within it
Copyright © Christopher Flaherty | Year Posted 2020
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