Will you read Poem #2 of The Time Machine; The Fugitive, and help improve my poetry?

All C.C. and/or comments are welcome. This is Poem #2 in The Time Machine Series, written in a narrative prose. My intent is to also give clues on the tie-in to the Sir Thomas de Charney series, as both stories move forward. Note: Any religious references are part of the experience of John Taylor and are not meant to convert anyone to a certain faith. Thanks for your input. Thomas

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The Time Machine series

Poem #2

The Fugitive

I have been at large now for over two years, on the run

From not only the United States government, but the world

Includes every major corporation interested in wealth and power

Is due to my invention, what I have; It is called - The Time Machine

I would tell you who I was, but it will only put you in grave danger

When a nobody insofar as my inventing prowess, I changed who I was

For protection, myself and loved ones; I became inventor John Taylor

Originally, The Time Machine was a prodigious success; you may know?

Invented to do good for the world, others wanted it for evil and power

More than just contrivance and puffery, this was reality; time travel

The past two years have been entrancing, original plan was scrapped

The Time Machine no longer philanthropic; will still change the world

Some modifications and profound improvements have become manifest

I can now travel alone if needed, but also by an arrant ulterior tunnel

A.D. 2525

I have known adventures you would not believe unless seen for yourself

Attack ships on fire off a shoulder of an inselberg on the coast of Tripoli

I’ve watched c-beams glitter in the dark near Tannhäuser Gate fortress

Moments lost in time, tears in rain, absconded by The Time Machine

A.D. 31

Off the coast of the Sea of Galilee, I had attested a man named Jesus

I saw miraculous healing of the sick, He changed me; for another time

Once, I saw him talking, he said he was saving a sick and dying man

Jesus did not heal his illness, instead saved him of Eternal separation

From The Kingdom of Heaven ! Why did Jesus say he saved the man?

Then he does not cure him of the disease the man was dying from

I approached the afflicted man, who showed joy but was clearly ill

I gave the man penicillin to see if this might ameliorate him

Within hours the man, named Patricus, was cured, cheerful and exultant

Subsequent to this astonishing event, another amazing thing bechanced

Jesus of Nazareth welcomed me and invited me to join them for supper

Fellowship with he and his disciples? No, but advised I must exit forthwith

I told Jesus that I would return again soon and eat with him – I now regret

Jesus handed me a sealed scroll or parchment, smiled and walked away

I got back to the Time Machine; was hidden in brush about a mile away

This scroll; I must read what Jesus wrote, the one they call The Messiah

I broke the seal, opened the sheepskin and looked at the message

It was in Latin, yet, I could read the words that Jesus had scribed

“Thomas, by faith you have been saved in accordance of my Father’s will

I filled you with the Holy Spirit and you were used to save Patricus

Soon I promise the Holy Spirit will indwell in you until I lift you up

All of these things will be in due time Thomas. I love you. I Am

Stunned, I was blown away by this note still in my tenure to this day

I hopped in the TM, Switched to On, Present Time, then July 12, 2069

As I was looking at a constant change of scenery, my thoughts changed

Impulsively I gave thought to a descendant that I have been studying

Captivated by research I conceived- I may pay this time period a visit

Reading tales about him in the Holy Land were incredible, even heroic

This Mission and use of TTM was never to change course of the world

Rather, to help people in dire need and change the hearts of man

My descendants name is:

Their enemy, a tribe known as the Saracens, knew him as “Al Thom”

A religious order I now recall the Christians knew him as:

Sir Thomas de Charney

(To be continued)

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Authors note:

The third stanza was inspired by Roy Batty in his

last scene before he died in the movie Blade Runner.

TTM = The Time Machine

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