Wheel of Time

By Nicholas Giuliano

Today, I look through the Wheel of Time.

I hear the crying of a woman and a baby, for two different reasons.

I observe the young dancing in a circle, singing some odd song.

I see the slightly older playing a game modeled after the bravest men.

But Fate takes a different turn: I see one of the boys from the game now in a park next to a significant other.

Fast-Forward, and I now see a ceremony involving these two.

For the second time, I hear crying- again, it comes from a woman and a baby.

The baby goes into the man’s arms.

Fate intervenes again: The next room is filled with little square rooms with an opening on one side.

Fast-Forward, and a gathering is held around an oval table.

One man will never return to that place again.  He appears to be old.

A man and a woman, both old, sit happily together in separate chairs with curved feet.

Fate shows up one last time: I can hear crying again, but for some reason it isn’t the same as before.

Fast-Forward, and I watch another gathering, yet this one has a dark tone to it.

At the end of the wheel, a stone appears with a name and two dates on it.

Today, I look through the Wheel of Time.

Nick Giuliano is a freshman at some odd high school in… let’s say New York.  Inspired by dreams, he writes Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction, and Poetry.  He also happens to dislike the social media, in contrast to the rest of his generation.