*Remote (a poem)

Remote

I wish I had a remote

With buttons for pause and rewind

I could use it like a boat

To sail across the oceans of time

And re-visit the moments in life I've left behind.

My remote wouldn't have a fast forward button

Because what would be the point of life

If I saw it all in a moment of curious glutton

And knew every joy success, downfall, and strife?

And if I skipped every obstacle

I'd never become wise.

So let the future be a surprise

That I carve out for myself

I want to drive

I want to go to college

I want to travel the world

Expand my knowledge

I want a house on Italian coast, shiny and new,

I want to start my life with you

But there are times when I recall the past

And see these years have gone so fast

I just want a remote

With pause and rewind

So I can go back in time

And live my happy moments

Over again

I can re-spend

All my time with you

Go back to when that spark of ours

Was fiery and new

I'd hit the pause on all those hours

You held me tight

Chased away my every fright

Hit the pause on every gentle kiss

Re-live those feelings I desperately miss

While you're gone.

Darlin we're growing up so quick

And I swear every time I hear that clock tick

I'm reminded of the future coming near

So uncertain and unclear

It just keeps coming faster

And there's just nothing I can do to master

This growing fear inside me

That I'm not ready

For you to go...

I wish I had a remote

With buttons for pause and rewind

I could use it like a boat

To sail across the oceans of time

Re-visit the moments in life I've left behind.

Re-feel the emotions,

Re-spend the days,

Re-hear all the sweet things,

Re-live the first kiss,

Re-fall all over for you,

                                     All the things I'm gonna miss.