like the wombat's intrepid travel from birth canal
to pouch,
we search for meaning.

our life is defined
by trials
of endurance
at all times
and
in every way;
and each of us
a Meriwether Lewis,
each
a William Clark
ever-searching
the origin of the mighty Missouri,
hewing out trees,
making canoes to ford
white-water,
scaling sheer rock cliffs,
traversing the unknown
and
making it first--theirs
now, ours.

02/10/2005