Our Unwound Future
You pulled a promise from a hat,
One I've kept throughout the years,
Even when no one kept track,
When all that was left of you was my tears.
You worked in the future,
While I worked in the past;
Both of us unearthed time,
But yours came by too fast.
You had no magic wand,
Yet your magic gained my heart,
And then your flaming lab
Tore my heart apart.
Your calling lied in science
It all flew past my head,
But I know you built a time machine
That left you and your partner dead.
I thought that you were lost,
That our future was unwound
And then I moved on,
Your memories were pushed down.
I've gone on to teach
For ten years since your death
And now you've reappeared
Yet our time's cut short again.
Oh, Claire, how things should have been,
There is no gentlemanly way of putting it,
And I'm not one for saying such things
But it seems so clear to me:
Oh, Claire, it was time itself
The grand puzzle that you solved
That worked to create
Our unwound future;
Oh, Claire, it's so unfair
I can't, I won't, and yet
You make me the gentleman I am,
And so we must accept our unwound future…