She climbs the highest mountain, reaches clouds, then takes a ladder to the moon
Where she will sit and watch the world
And contemplate the work of many men who claim they somehow scraped the sky
The never-ending, all-expanding
Wastes her time
Wishing on satellites
Now from the other side
She sees weren't stars at all
But at least they kept her hopes high.
Boldly jumps back down into a great expanse of water
Cannonballs.
To make a little splash into the earth
And rehydrate a thirsty man or two
It's cloudy
She's running home to beat the rain
But then the river rose
And brought a flood that found her anyway
And all that she could say was,
"Thank you. You know I would rather drown than die of dehydration."
Inspired most by people and by place,
She talks to strangers and runs away
Runs away, runs away
To distant lands with bigger views and
And distant lands better views than this.
Few lies, wider eyes
Where the general concensus
Is to love everyone
She, in time, sees that it makes her understand a little more
Soaring like a bird
Into the great expanse above her
She flies away
To sing a little song throughout the earth
And try to wake a sleeping heart or two
Now she's crying to
Someone that she's never met,
"What do I know? I'm just a child."
And then that stranger said,
"Honey, more than you led on to."
"I would rather give it all than live in hesitation."
Floating on a hurricane,
"Where will I go?
And can I hop this storm and take a plane?
There are safer ways to fly,
But either way, I'd rather roam than reach my destination."
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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