The Bumbling Explorer Strikes Gold!
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Taking a chance on another type of adventure
One that takes this perpetual lone wolf
Into uncharted territory off the beaten path
On a gravel filled dirt road leading to a rickety bridge
Narrow enough for one person to walk before it crumbles
Cascading into the rushing rapids of the river below
Missing certain death by mere seconds or dumb luck
Found a fellow weary traveler/patron of the art
Of finding the Holy Grail and the lost city of Atlantis
Mr. Rockefeller by day and Charles Lindbergh in his dreams
With a hint of the Getty eccentricities about propriety
A lover of walking around nature and snuggling in 800 count sheets
Another side of the coin who preferred to use his hands
When exploring new objects as well as your body
A friendly shoulder to lean on who sometimes funds flights of fancy
Able to get better equipment, maps and a superb black Fedora
The hat makes the explorer look adventurously stylish
Also, a strong prescription reading glasses does wonders
Beating the Mr. Magoo out of this hapless eccentric without proper vision
Instead of not seeing the pillar before hitting it each time
There's now a 20 second delay that allows enough time to duck
Some of the time; not always observant enough regardless
Unfortunately, much to your Mr.'s disappointment
Dropped the new $300 Gucci reading glasses into some quicksand
Rapidly eaten up by nature and a spat out by an Anaconda afterwards
Dismayed that his money was wasted in a random act of clumsiness
Despite this incident, still eager to travel around the world
Holding hands and cuddling in tight spaces the whole time
Never felt so safe and secure with anyone before
Wondering what comes next in the space time continuum of delight this is
Found out sooner than I expected one weekend night
Intrigued by the prospect of what comes next in this Co-Op partnership
Have been invited to meet my personal CEO's Board of Directors
Basically, members of his family and other various business compadres
Excited and nervous at the same earth shattering time
Eager to develop the ideal self-presentation to showcase the future
Petrified of the possibility of literally hitting a brick wall
Embarrassing myself and my partner in crime in the process
Decided that it was simply best to just be come as you are
With some polish and a lot less four letter words in the vocabulary
Don't want to reveal that the newest potential member
Talked like a truck driver and was about as cultured as Roseanne Barr
Hosting the Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner
Or about as funny as Howie Mandel and Jay Leno doing stand-up
Time to get the hair, nails done and the mouth taped shut
Ready. Set. Go.