In deep sleep
I felt as if I was being
Clawed and tugged
By a dragon to wake me up
I kept sleeping
And, drifted into a dream
I found a dragon
Staring at me
In place of eyes
It had two clocks
And, on the snout,
It had a third clock
The dragon told me
That it was the time dragon
And it could take me out
On time travel
The Time Dragon also told me
That it could take me to the past,
The present
Or, the future
‘Where are we, right now?’
I asked
We are in the present replied the dragon
I have three clocks on my face
Two of them are where my eyes ought to be
And the third one is on my snout
One of these clocks light up
According to the time zone we are in
When the clock on my snout lights up
It means we are in the present
When the one on my left eye lights up
It means we are in the past
And when the one on my right eye lights up
It means we are in the future
The entire universe is in a time warp
The past is buried under the ground
It is in the nether world
The present is on the ground
It is on the earth
And, the future is in the air
It is in outer space
Time travelers
Can switch
From one time zone to the other
Because, in the universe,
The past, the present and the future
Exist at the same time
And, I am the time dragon
That can take you
To any of them
At your command…
© Vincent Van Ross
Excerpt from the book Poetic Shadows
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