October 8, 2017
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre
Ah ha! He had finally done it
It had taken the best part of his life
But he was rewarded
For his effort and strife
Before him sat his wondrous machine
Which allowed him to travel through time and space
He was truly free
To go to any when or any place
"But where first?" He asked himself
He browsed his list, giddy with joy
"The dawn of the universe," that's a good place to start
He had dreamt of seeing it ever since he was a boy
He flicked a switch and spun a dial
He checked his math and checked it again
At last he pushed the button labelled "Go!"
And was no longer a part of this dimensional plane
He materialised, nowhere, in an endless void
Minutes before the big bang popped
He waited... and waited... and waited...
Oh no, had everything stopped?
He groaned, he was being silly
Time did not exist yet, waiting meant nought
Well he had an easy fix for that
"A tiny temporal rift oughta do it," he thought
But it did not do it, or perhaps it did it too much?
Moments ago nothing existed
But now time swelled all around him
It spread outwards, spewed and twisted
He collapsed to his knees
And aged in an instant
His skin wrinkled up
A beard sprung into existence
The time machine did not take it well
It felt rather like it would explode
Going from nothing to everything
Was easily enough to overload
Seconds from death, the man realized what he had done
As his creation exploded, he rose to his feet
Shaking all over, he cleared his throat
And "Let there be light!" he announced into the heat
And there was light, lots of light, everywhere
The birth of the universe, the death of its inventor
Space, time, order, entropy, matter, energy
Infinitely expanding outwards from the universe's centre