Whims of Time Travel (microblog #2)

'If you could live each day twice,

Source: Libby Watkins Illustration

The first, take life as it comes,
The second, savor every moment's strums-
Change not a thing.'

'If you could live each present best,
Project the ends ahead by a day,
Prepare for the hurt and optimize the sway-
Change not a thing.'

I only know this: I need a rhythm.
Music can only be played in time,
So the only way to dance is in step-rhyme.
I can't change a thing.

But if a lifelong dream's a crime,
I would choose to be yours, as two outlaws,
Navigating time, a one-way dance without pause.
I won't change a thing.