Friend

Friend-
we enter a new path now
it might be twisted
filled with brush
or paved with bricks
we'll see where it goes.

Let's enjoy the adventure.

Sleep

Wrap me in numbness
like a taco
so I can forget it all
and go to a place
where adventure is carried
on every breath
and in every heart.

Adventure Potential

I am guilty
when I look at my bank account
of only seeing adventure potential
both large,
but more often small.

Instead
of seeing it
in the unanswered questions
and awaiting discoveries.

Antarctica

Where have gone the Shakleton's?
The Amundsens and the Scotts?
Are they still out there
Frozen by pride or friendship?

Or have they endured,
into astronauts and scientists?
Who push the boundaries
of maps and knowledge
with Diplomas and Dissertations.

Maybe they have instead deferred,
suppressed their nature.
Choosing instead RPG's
Loud music, and movies.
Inoculated themselves
against the vast greatness
of human potential.

I'm somewhere still on the ice,
playing football on the melting floe,
the boat crushed
but full of hope.

Outdoor Consumer

I live in my own place now,
So if I want to build a fort
and sleep on the couch
and eat Nachos at midnight
and ice cream for dinner
I will

And if I want to spend my money
on skiing and Rugby
and books I'll never read
and trips I'll never take
I will

Until I realize
that my legend-
my adventure
is not found in plastic
or paper
but in a quiet sweaty moment
where I am alone
with nothing but the desert wind
and the whispers from the dust.

Duality

Distracted is an understatement
My mind
my body
are in two different places

You may chain me to a desk
but my spirit?
It's taken up Telemark Skiing.

I just hope
One day
that my body can keep up.

Passport

I bought a passport
Anxious to see the pages filled
with many stamps-
Kenya, Tanzania, Chad, Pakistan
I put it in my blue accordion folder
with all my other important documents.
And there it has stayed.