I’m checking off my bucket list
Before the sunset fades away.
I’ll leave with no adventure missed.
Perhaps gorillas in the mist;
With fierce eyes glaring through the gray.
I’m checking off my bucket list.
Seek geodes lined with amethyst;
A named star in the Milky Way.
I’ll leave with no adventures missed.
I wonder, could I have a tryst
Along the road to Mandalay?
I’m checking off my bucket list.
And for a spiritual twist,
The Vatican on Easter Day.
I’ll leave with no adventure missed.
Before the angel taps my wrist
And leads me from this mortal fray,
I’m checking off my bucket list
I’ll leave with no adventure missed.
Category 3 (Honorable Mention)