Quandary
Because of this loss You would not be tempted To try to alter what Might become An alternate future
Looking back Further and further Into the past One can imagine oneself there But only As an observer With no ability to change That scene – As it once was And if you were guested In such a past The price you must pay Is that you will have lost Whatever memory You brought with you From your ahead-in- time Existence
So – while you are in the present It would be sheer folly To think that Time-Travel backward Would give you Such manipulative powers! Here’s the proof… If you in fact Had transported yourself Backward in Time… If you were to knock-off Your own grandfather (when he was only a boy) Then you would never Had a father And you wouldn’t Be reading this!