I haven't been young since an age of man, <br /> When the songs of elves were heard in the land. <br /> I heard the last dragon's final lament, <br /> And was there when Rome's first legions were sent. <br /> I remember the horse and the sacking of Troy, <br /> I looked on as Goliath lay dead by a boy. <br /> I sat with a crowd as they watched and heard, <br /> A young man, the Great Teacher and hung on each word. <br /> <br /> I saw Viking Long ships from over the sea, <br /> And wept laying Arthur at old Glastonbury. <br /> At Hastings England's King felled by an arrow, <br /> Under Normandy rule I witnessed their sorrow. <br /> I ate the apple that fell from the tree, <br /> When Newton and I discussed gravity. <br /> I taught John Dee all he ever knew, <br /> And I was with Columbus as one of his crew. <br /> <br /> I sat on the fence in the French Revolution, <br /> The industrial age and mans evolution. <br /> I fought in world wars the folly of man, <br /> I preached peace at Woodstock then bombed Vietnam. <br /> I was stood in Berlin when they cast down the wall, <br /> I am the Dark Poet and the watcher of all. <br /> Condemned ne'er to rest for whatever my crime, <br /> A wanderer, a writer throughout all of time.<br /><br />David P. Madge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rider-on-the-winds-of-time/