When you take your first steps on that far distant shore You might be hesitant,Β Β nervous and wont travel very far But people there will welcome you with warmth and open arms So look at poetry as your way to open wide the door And let this become one more step on another distant shore No one here will mock you or cover you in scorn If you hesitate to wander round new streets in early morn Language is no barrier to want you want to do Because poetry is our language so we will understand you And so as the number of stamps in your passport grow you might become the one To hold wide the door for the new and nervous poet first on a distant shore