What If... Poem by Daniel Brick
What If...
What if I were to show you
TIME runs out in two streams,
side by side they pour forth
the contents of time into space.
What if I were to show you
SPACE is not safely fenced in
and its contents erode continually.
In due time they will disappear.
If I proved these are our clear
and present dangers, would you join
me and others to bravely shore up
the channels of TIME and stop the flow?
Would you help us build a huge wall
to contain SPACE so no more of it
erodes and rushes into nothingness?
Would you first calculate the danger
-to yourself? Or adopt an optimism
that will bind us and make us ONE!
We will build an indestructible dam
that prevents TIME from running dry.
We will build walls bigger than
the fabled walls of Gilgamesh's Uruk.
And thus the people will call us saviors
because we prevented a second loss of paradise.
and rushes into nothingness
Daniel, you are the gallant white knight of poetry! This is absolutely beautifully mind-blowing. You are soooooooooo not stuck in a rut either in topic or in style or in word-choice or in tone. You always stimulate the senses and the imagination and the intelligence of your reader. On my fav list and I give this a gazillion 10's streaking across the night sky.
A thought-provoking poem, Daniel. Somehow it has reminded me of The Langoliers. Do you know the story?
The Langoliers were eating space shifted into the past. I don't know why I have connected these images, just a thought.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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What if....don't we often say it? Daniel though you have classified your poem as a fantasy but it's above that. It's a call to be prepared for the worst, a call for unity in the face of dangers to life on earth, a call to keep our creativity flowing. How you have used the images of Time and Space is very creative. But these are not meant to be taken literally, rather they are used metaphorically. Yes, we must prevent the space from eroding and time from running dry. We must not let our spirit rot. We must be awake physically and spiritually. A huge 10.