in a hurry

in a hurry

I’m making a list

I’m writing it down

I’m in a great hurry

and

I want you to know that I want to be

far away from this town…

I want to see places

I want to have seen

just where all of the others have been…

I want to see countries, go rafting, have thrills,

Picasso collections,

see Constable Mills,

sculpture and art

Gaudi in Spain

monks in Tibet

maids in grass dresses,

Incas with tresses

with hats and bright frills…

mighty rivers to see

the white Tajmahal

golden temples

cave paintings

and mountain top crosses

the Kremlin

the Knesset

and mourn wars’ life losses

leave a rock on a stone

I know they have gone

to tell I was there…

to show that I care…

Canadian Mounties

wild bears in the bush

rare orchids in jungles,

hear  the wolves’ song

see an albatross glide…

a whale alongside…

waterfalls and frozen lakes

ice floes and igloos,

oh the time it all takes…

I’m in a great hurry

that you can see

I’m writing it down,

to be out of town…

it’s time to scurry…

for me to have seen…

just where all the others have been…