The Gate of Years

Bashar al-Fidhi: "I realize now that even though the past is unchangeable, one may encounter the unexpected when visiting it" The future and the past are the same. We cannot change either. But we can't know both, more fully. I do not wish to visit the future. I would step through in the other direction to revisit my youth. Ah, my deepest apologies. This gate will not take you there. You see, I built this gate only a week ago. Twenty years ago there was no doorway here for you to step out of. My dismay was so great that I must have sounded like a four-lorn child. Will you