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Time Traveler

Imagine if you could travel through time
Choosing any era to explore
What time in history would interest you?
Mine would be nineteen thirty-four

Why, you ask, would I choose that year
From all the great epochs in time
Just wondering how my parents survived
The market crash of twenty-nine

Another era that's interested me
Is the late fifties when I was wed
I remember it was quite scary back then
Nuclear war was hanging over our heads

But here we are in the twenty-first century
With these gadgets and amazing inventions
The world hasn't become any friendlier now
We still have the same old tensions

Perhaps if I live a hundred more years
Nations will have stopped waging war
I know, I know, you can call me a dreamer
Can't be any worse than before

Do you know my answer to all of this
Keep on giggling your whole way through
Sing happy tunes and tell funny jokes
A little loving wouldn't hurt too!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Breidenthal Avatar
May 22, 2015 at 6:13 AM
You've always got a fun-loving message in your work. I really like this one. The world is full of war and strife, but that does not mean we cannot have fun. May you enjoy your years with peace and happiness. Wouldn't it be amazing to time travel? Always, Laura
Ellison Avatar
May 22, 2015 at 8:14 AM
Some of us are fortunate to be born that way... it's not a choice! Love you dear Laura!!! Big smoochies... xxx
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