A Temporal and Spatial Transposition

Pristine and elegant

This entanglement

Of atoms

Complex

The mechanics

They shall perplex

The masses

Reverse and rewind

Push back against the tide

Solving the mystery

Is it progress or destiny

Ignoring

The warning

Of altering

All of Existence as we know it

For each striking of the hour is

one nail more in

my coffin

Reverse and rewind

Push back against the tide

Solving the mystery

Is it progress or destiny

The door which holds my answers shall be opened

The seal upon these secrets shall be broken

Another day has passed that I must reverse

To cure this existential curse

And in the pale light of the moon

All preparations have been completed

I stand before my apparatus

Ready to perform one final test

The sparks stop emitting

The gears cease their clanging

The only sound that I can hear is my own ragged breathing

I flip the switch

Dimensions shift

And then suddenly I'm transported again

To a place in time of which

I already have been

The setting suns now rising in the west

From this temporal and spatial transposition

Time may change you

But I

I have changed time

Reverse and rewind

Push back against the tide

I've solved this mystery

This is progress not destiny

This is not destiny