what does one do
when one wants to see the world?

not only to travel
not only to move

but to see the whole world
in all of its parts and pieces

to peer at every nook and cranny
to climb every mountain and walk every path

to visit every home and church
to learn the ways of every culture

what does one do when one realizes
such a goal is impossible?

one wishes, and hopes, and imagines
and one loses their opportunity to see even a part

while lamenting the inability
to experience the whole