Looking far out

If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat
-Lyle Lovett

When I was a child, I read Thor Heyerdahl.
So I've been in sacred caves on Easter Island.

When I was a child, I read Joy Adamson.
So I've been to the savanna and run wild.

When I was a child, I read J.R.R. Tolkien.
So I've been to Middle Earth and met Ents.

I'm not bad at traveling once I get going.
But I never really understand it
until I get there.

If then.

I want to go to the place where I want to be.

You know where that is?

I don't.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.
-Herman Melville