I wanted to go to Egypt
To sail the Nile, feel the heat on the sand
I wanted to climb and rappel a steep mountain
Sink to the depths of the ocean to see the octopi
I wanted to walk the length of the Great Wall of China
Explore an American battleship and then a Scottish castle
Surf in Hawaii, feed the pigeons of London Square
I wanted to see the Ionic and Doric columns of Greece
The mosaics of Pompeii, the remains of the Coliseum
See where Paul preached
Stroll down the Champs-Elysees
I wanted to bundle up and see the penguins and polar bears
Travel from one pole to the other
I wanted to travel out of this world
Into another ‘verse, another time, another dimension
Anywhere that wasn’t here.
Then my family took us on a vacation
There were airplanes, and a layover
There were palm trees, and a beach with lots of tourists
The hotel room was small, the beds were all wrong
The food tasted funny, the rental car was foreign
I went a lot of places, saw a lot of new and exciting things,
And then I realized
That I would rather go home
And read about it.
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