Thursday, February 19, 2009

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)