hope
begins
all journeys
even small ones
our very first steps
foreshadow roads ahead
some treacherous, others soft
there's safety in travel eschewed
life seeks destinations undreamed of
I once rode the back of an orca whale
through sea after sea
OH! grand briny deep
o'er cyclones and hurricanes
and squalls a fifty feet
and lightning so bright
blind cave fish did see
upon falling off I swam on my own
for many a moon
and found a mysterious land unknown
with creatures, horrific and snarling with warning
but I roared right back
they let me rest and come morning
we shared the land in harmony
I communed for a long while
then I climbed a volcano
whose top was not visible
on reaching its summit
it rumbled and shook me
but I held on fast laughing loud
and then it erupted and sent me quick skyward
I flew like an eagle to alight on a cloud
how I got home ... well, I will never know
but the journey remembered
is my tale and so
I have it to tell
to all who will hear
it's a jolly good trip I took
come gather near ...
Count each coin ... miss none.
It is how some measure sums.
I am a poet.
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