​Choose Carefully ​

Time, in my control. I have the power to go back in the past, go ahead to the future or just stay where I am, in the present. It's scary to think one person can have that ability to change everything at their own will. But I can go back, get rid of every little bad thing that's ever happened to me. Fix my life so that I can be happy. Finally, get what I want for once. A light tap on my shoulder startles me, snapping me from my thoughts. It's a man, with gray hair and cold, hard eyes. Wrinkles which define his age and a frown pointed towards me. He stays quiet, observing the pocket watch I have in my hand. I look at him with curiosity. He says something to me, but there is no sound, there are no words. Panic coursing through my entire body strikes me where I stand and then my mind clears, the man disappears, and I stare at the watch. Now, being able to think clearly, I closely examine everything that just occurred in the past few minutes. The watch has this amazing ability that could help me, but not without the price of making others unhappy. That's why something as powerful as this pocket watch could never really work. Because every little detail I or anyone else could change in the future or past will have a drawback far more harmful than the initial problem it began with. That man, who I just saw, was who I could become if I choose to use this watch. Someone there, who would never have a voice to speak out. I glance at the watch once more, even if one does choose to condemn themselves to that life where they'd be the only happy person, I can't let them. I slam the watch back down onto the ground stomping on it until it's only a pile of broken pieces. Then, carrying on with my day, in my life, in the time I know best, the present.