I'll dance a jig and off my hat, I'll wave goodbye, I won't be back. <br /> For I'm taking off for faraway places, to see the sites and enter the races <br /> <br /> Hop in a train, fly in a plane, happy am I to wander a lane. <br /> Climb a mountain, sail the seas and ride a donkey where I please. <br /> <br /> Daring the desert to swallow me, damning the jungle to wallop me. <br /> I'll linger awhile in a grass hut, cleanse my soul right out of the rut. <br /> <br /> I'll sit on my haunches around a fire and watch with delight the pygmies desire. <br /> To prance and dance and make voodoo, by drums my dears, I'll contact you. <br /> <br /> Take off again and ride my broom through starlit skies right to the moon. <br /> Knock on wood I'll hear your call, I'll be in China climbing the great wall. <br /> <br /> From Bethlehem midst great religion, I'll send a message by carrier pigeon. <br /> I'll muster my courage, stalk a lion and listen to the coyotes crying. <br /> <br /> I'll traipse to Paris to see the tower, taste the wine and keep a late hour. <br /> Then off to Rome to visit the Pope, turn on my charm and ask for hope. <br /> To hurl me to the Alps you see, so I can yodel and I can ski. <br /> <br /> Then off to good old Britain I'll go, to see the palace and see the show. <br /> While there my dears I will take care to hurdle a love note through the air. <br /> Across the oceans and over the land, sent to you by my own hand. <br /> <br /> I will come back, I promise that, put on a smile and top my hat. <br /> Be content to stay awhile, then off again for many a mile.<br /><br />Edna Mae Donaldson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-fantasy-journey/
