Song of the Wanderer

I have a paper I should be writing right now... but Fruit Bat and I are going home tomorrow, and I've got some pretty strange stuff on the brain.

Well, not so strange. I've recently drawn a picture you see, of a girl, and a unicorn, so I'm thinking of other girls, other unicorns, and wandering. There's a book by Bruce Coville, part of the Unicorn Chronicles, called Song of the Wanderer. In this book there is a song that is sung by different characters, the wandering song... I memorized it when I was younger, just because I thought it was beautiful. So, as a pre-trip homage to a book of my childhood, The Song of the Wanderer.

Across the gently rolling hills
Beyond high mountain peaks
Along the shores of distant seas
There's something my heart seeks

But there's no peace in wandering
The road's not made for rest
And footsore fools will never know
What home might suit them best

My heart seeks the hearth
My feet seek the road
A soul so divided Is a terrible load
My heart longs to rest
My feet yearn to roam
Shall I wander the world or stay safe at home?

But oh, the things that I have seen
The secret paths I've trod
The hidden corners of the the world
Known to none but me and God

Yes the world was meant for knowing
And feet were meant to roam
But one who's always going
Will never find a home

My heart seeks the hearth
My feet seek the road
A soul so divided Is a terrible load
My heart longs to rest
My feet yearn to roam
Shall I wander the world or stay safe at home?

Oh where's the thread that binds me?
The voice that calls me back?
Where's the love that finds me?
And what's the root I lack?

(Art by akreon of DeviantART- you can go buy the print)