wandering class.....

i was crying. telling him i don't want to talk
about trips anymore. please. i can't plan another
one. there had been too many that couldn't happen,
a few that were ruined, and one really special one
that got trampled into the mud. not by him.
no, not by him. he was always just as hurt as
i was....

last nite found us around my kitchen table with
the maps. we have to use the paper maps i insisted.
he wanted to use the internet. gotta be crinkly
maps i hollered as i ran to get maryland, virgina,
west virginia and pennsylvania.

i stretched each one across the table.
you pick! we can go anywhere you like!

the pain had quieted, the hopes had come back.
we actually may pull this off. you never know til
it's over....but it's lookin' promising. and i
think i'm even okay this time if it's ruined.
that's a good place to be for our circumstances.

he pointed to a spot.
there? really?
we certainly were different.
but it was his pick.
i don't care where....i just want to be together.

okay, let's research it, he said.
RESEARCH IT?!
you can't research it i gasped.
you gotta wander!

he'd research it later, he said.
i grinned.
your trip. research it to death if
you want.....

he ran outta time. 'we'll have to wander'
he said.
'i don't know how to wander' he added.

oh ho ho.........
a wanderin' class!
we're goin' off on a wanderin' class!
i can get him started......i'm sure he'll
be teachin' me before it's done....

we've been together so long....and haven't
had the chance......tomorrow we grab it.

wanderin' has never looked so good....