Time Travel 101

"Time Travel 101" By Marcus Cooke

I have no faith      
in the future    
Loss    
Anger    
Guilt    
Are all that remain      
Of this once      
Happy mind.    
     
The present was never      
Part of my future    
The past is out of bounds    
I want to go back    
To find what i once found.    
     
Through the photo's    
And newspaper cuttings    
of past en devours    
I pack my bag      
And dip my toes in the past.    
These moment fleet by    
Moving all to fast.    
     
I become lost in a valley    
Of black and white  
Through the screaming
Tornado of the minds eye.  
The smell of chemicals    
Becomes the smell      
Of flowers and oak    
The texture of glossy paper    
Becomes the feel of grass    
Underneath my naked feet.    
     
I can feel the sunlight    
Reflect of my golden hair    
And i am young again    
Once again free  
To live my life  
Re visit loved ones  
And avoid the    
Common Mistakes  
Of Man.  
   
Photographs      
Are our time machines    
We can travel anywhere    
Record    
Archive    
Treasure    
The future is unwritten    
The past is never out of bounds.