There Have Been Far Stranger
Surely there have been stranger things,
Than to scale the stairs of high towers;
To miss the chance of being kings,
For a secluded tryst of few hours.
Undoubtedly there have been stranger things,
Than to float in emerald oceans for days;
To see the undersides of strong bird wings,
Through a rose-tinted, love-filled gaze.
Certainly there have been stranger things,
Than to ignore the currency of fools;
To brush aside the offer of golden rings,
For a look upon star-lit jewels.
There have been far stranger things,
Than to climb upon broken roofs;
To see the castles imagination brings,
Without any logical proofs.
There have been far stranger things,
Than to lay in the newly grown grass;
To hear the sounds a bird sings,
As familiar seasons come to pass.
To be a small girl in love with the sky,
The moon, the seas, and the stars;
To learn veiled truths of Helios' golden eye,
Of victories, loss, and wars.
To be a girl taught by the winds and the tides,
Lessons gained from Father Time;
To the reeds' sway of her short strides,
Of footsteps on adventures sublime.
To be such a girl with her head in the clouds,
There is little room left for greed;
Hatred, envy, sorrow, and malice are cowed,
Things of which humans have no need.
To be compassionate, kind, and caring,
Is what she aims for daily;
Though she can be erring,
She is unfettered, proud and free.
To see people as they are,
While keeping judgement low;
To acknowledge each and every scar,
While encouraging others to grow.
To accept the impending danger,
Of a sensation much more freeing;
There have been things far stranger,
Than to be a human being.