I grasp all that is tangible;

my mind is soaked with words.

I draw in with all my senses,

this experience I call my world.

I revel in my soliloquy;

enigmatic thoughts I weigh - -

Every niche I scour;

I leave no stone unturned.

Like climbing ivy my knowledge grows

but confounded as to how to encompass it all!

When faced with the infinite wonders

that life has bequeathed - -

I often feel I am drowning;

in a sea of everything.

Ó 1998

Clyde H Woodfin Jr.