Time In A Bottle Poem by Joan Marques

Imagine the catastrophy
If we could capture time in a bottle
Lasting would not only be delight
But also moments of emotional throttle

Imagine contemporary days and trends
Enduring in the Middle Ages
Where we would all - forever and ever -
Have to relive the same ol' static stages

Imagine yourself, living eternally
Even if set at your favorite age
And your poor mind, though tired, moving endlessly
While your life remained fixed on the same page

Oh, if the old wish of capturing time in a bottle
Had been granted in any possible way
There would have been no computers, no cars,
No airplanes, no internet, and no global involvement today

So thank God that time freely keeps flying
Although we might not always agree
For time heals wounds; guarantees living and dying;
And assures that progress and dynamism can be...