Diary of a Time Traveler

 

Joseph Danoski

 

I found the key and door to the fourth dimension;

I’m free from this three-sided cell of detention.

Free to travel and unravel the lines of time;

Rewind the long record of my life of crime.

 

There’s the machine of a dream waiting in the wings,

To let me escape and take leave the scheme of things.

Inside, I’ll set the coordinates and controls,

And watch as an alternate future unfolds.

 

We reach beyond the speed of life and light;

See the time-lapse passing of day and night.

Fleeting images flash,

Energy equaling Mass,

As we travel fast-forward

Into the past.

 

I’ll turn the key and be off to eternity,

Before a world of circumstance gave birth to me.

Finding a time and place before the die was cast,

Before the dominoes began falling fast.

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     Joseph V. Danoski is a writer of letters and essays on diverse subjects, with strong opinions on many topics. A poet of horror, science fiction, and fantasy; he has been  published in journals and webzines both in the US and abroad. Various publications include Scavenger’s Newsletter, Pegasus, Red Owl, The Ultimate Unknown, Penny Dreadful, Pivot, Psychopoetica (UK), The Nocturnal Lyric, The Quest (India) The Aurorean, The Mentor & Masque Noir (Australia), Twilight Ending, Talvipaivanseisaus (Finland), The Romantics Quarterly, Hadrosaur Tales, Endemoniada, Northern Stars Magazine, Taj Mahal Review (India), The NeoVictorian, The Eclectic Muse (Canada), Frisson, Black Petals, Outer Darkness, Yellow Mama, Sanitarium Magazine, A Year of Sundays 2023, and The Horror Zine.

      Other activities include being a multi-instrumentalist, songwriting, and recording original music. Joseph currently resides in Berlin, New Hampshire. Dojonaki05@Gmail.Com