Questions Of Travel

Poem begins on a very negative note. The landscape appears to be all too much for her. She seems overwhelmed by the excessive scenery

There are too many waterfalls here

Feeling of sadness ( negative )

-For if those streaks, those mile-long, shiny, tear stains

Uncomfortable out of her home environment; the grass is always greener on the other side? Should she have remained an armchair traveller?

Should we have stayed at home and though of here?

She asks why, as a race, can we never be happy with what we have? She wonders why we always want more or want what we cannot have

Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them too

She lists all the things that would have been a pity not to experience is she had stayed at home

But surely it would have been a pity

She concludes that the adventure was worth it; one could never encounter such a magical experience at home

Then a sudden golden silence

Envoy, reveals that she feels a need to travel as she does not have a home so she is in search for one

The choice is never wide and never free. And here, or there…No. Should we have stayed at home, wherever that may be