The Future Meets the Past

There was a flash of bright light,

One fine day when I sat in my room,

And then such a sight,

Sat there in my room!

A person sat there,

Right there in my room!

They looked quite familiar,

And QUICK!

In a ZOOM!

I knew who sat there in my room!

Twas me!

I sat in my room staring at myself awhile,

And I do say that it was a long time before,

My future self-gave a quick smile…

“Hello?” I said I did say to me,

“Why, hello there!” and we stared a moment,

Until we laughed and giggled and slapped our knees.

“Why are you here?” I asked myself,

And myself replied with a voice like mine,

“I am here because, in the future, the past is quite near!”

I looked confused and said, “what?”

Myself smiled at me and then said,

“A very smart scientist, you see, invented time travel,

For you and for me.

Then I asked myself “Who?”

For I wondered if maybe it was someone I knew.

Then laughing at me, myself said, “YOU!”

-Willow