This Was Not On The List

Lead an orchestra with glam, fun, and flair,

Dance among the jungle of fountains, dimes to care,

Waddle with penguins on melting glacier, soul bare,

But walking along the dusk-kissed sands,

And a snow cone in my spare hands...

This was not on the list.

A double-shot coffee on the brink of midnight,

A sugar-stripped pastry with sips of Sprite,

Down a dozen ghost-wings with all my might,

But a pasta dinner with a shared dessert,

Overlooking that riverfront, right after sunset... 

Was not on the list. 

Scuba dive with corals, not a human in sight,

Fly from the plane, into the sun at prime light,

Race with horses, in slippers, during a hailstorm fight,

But sitting on that envious park bench,

Sharing a camellia-kissed air for breath... 

Was not on the list. 

A gold-trimmed first-edition of my favorite book,

A piece of meteorite, wild in the brook,

Aurora preserved in a bottle, in my reading nook, 

But the wildflowers collected during the hike, 

Sitting on my mantel with a handwritten note... 

Was not on the list. 

A standing ovation from a sold-out hall,

Discourse from the roaring ocean and the mountains tall,

Languages of the world and birds, I'd know them all,

But a whispered trivia amidst a long-drawn game,

And the rhythm of that heartbeat uttering my name...

Was not on the list. 

This and that, here and there, 

Maybe a sun and a moon on the list.

But this and You.. 

Were never on my list. 

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