The List

by CD Richards

I thought I'd make this list because
I'm not as young as I once was.
So here's (should fortune not deny)
ten things to do before I die:

I'd love to board a ship quite fair
and set course for the land o'er there;
where nature's treasures stretch for miles -
to set foot on the Shaky Isles.

A library, I'd love to see
that held a volume writ by me.
I'd really love to pen a book -
something that was worth a look.

To serve a dinner would be grand -
with every item from my land.
Home grown vegetables and fruit;
but not our lambs -- they're far too cute.

Across the world, I'd love to go,
to see a land of ice and snow.
And there with distant friends I'd meet;
their company would be a treat.

I'd love to build right nearby me
a celestial observat'ry;
To gaze for hours upon the stars -
to watch the moon and check out Mars.

The banjo, I would love to play;
not mucking 'round -- but the right way.
Dance music of the Irish type:
A reel or jig, but not hornpipe.

My partner's learning the keyboard
entirely of her own accord.
When we get good, we'll start a band
and strut our stuff across the land.

I want to live where I can see
no one at all, but you and me;
No rows of houses topped with tiles -
just us two for miles and miles.

Let's plan a trip into the heart -
two thousand miles, we'd better start.
We'll sit and watch -just me and you-
the sun go down on Uluru.

I'd take my girl (without in-laws)
to visit once more England's shores.
In that far land across the Earth
to see again her place of birth.

Should time permit I hope to do
of all these things, at least a few.
And when my bucket list is done,
bury me facing toward the sun.

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The Shaky Isles - for those not familiar with the term - refers to New Zealand; so named because of the large amount of seismic activity recorded there.

I often tell myself I've had my fill of travel - then I wrote this list, and that subject seems to fill about half of it. Go figure!

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