The Place of Adventure

This, right here, is the place of adventure,

here with the hole in the clouds

where blue sky sounds through,

here with the broken bootlace

and the black bugs that ate our greens,

here with the work that needs to be

pried and prised from our powers of invention,

and then, on top of that,

needs to be done

This is the place of adventure

where we plumb the depths

of our understanding, then go deeper,

where we live in the light

as far as we know it

and still keep going

There may be other adventures,

years down the line, lifetimes away,

but this is the path by which we’ll get there,

placing our feet down

in every step of today.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 23, 2019