The Measure

by michaelcahill

Multi-Form Madness Contest Winner

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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