THE BUCKET
LIST
If you would
make a list, of the destinations you still want to
see in this life, the places you want to see before
your soul would leave here for good. You could do it
completely alone, or together in romance with your
wife,
thinking on
where I should start, listening to music from Glenn
Miller 'in the Mood'.
I guess that
starting with a trip to New Orleans to listen to
some real Jazz, would be a good begin, to start my
end on travels that I still want to make.
Listening to the
Belgian Saxophone, for sure I would move on this
rhythm my ass, then straight to South Carolina to my
American Aunt, so we can eat a last piece of cake.
Thinking on
Cheops, Chefren and Mynkerinos, I would love to see
their pyramids in the sand,
a part of the
great Egyptian history, in Cairo and already
thousands years old. Being
for
a
while in
the
sphere
of
old
pharaohs
in
King
Tutankhamen
his
land,
at night
watching the stars in the dessert, laying near my
camel, knowing it could get cold.
Walking
through
Paris,
buying
a
painting
in
Montmartre,
listening
to
music
from
Edith
Piaf, and then on a Safari in Kenya, taking a
picture from me near a huge
giraffe.
Back to Florida
and seeing the Space Shuttle going up for one more
time, and
spending
a few
days
in
the
Brazilian
Amazons,
that
would
be
also
fine.
Eating
a
spaghetti
Carbonare
and a
pizza
in
Italy
would be
so
tastefully
and
good, then to Spain to be on a romantic beach
to eat a real paella, oh! that is nice food. Seeing
the Jesus on the mountain in Rio de Janeiro one more
time again today, and
after
that
the
Liberty
Statue
in
New
York,
to
fly
from
JFK
airport
away.
Straight to
Nice, the Var and to the beautiful Provence, yes,
indeed again to the South of France.
Watching to the
beauty of the endless lavender fields waving in the
wind, listening to the beautiful songs of the
cigales, while I will drink something with mint.
In Dubai,
watching the earth from the highest building ever
build, and going to Scotland, to see the castles and
the man in their kilt.
Going to Rome,
meeting the Pope and praying together for a world of
peace,
and going to
Holland to see the colors of the many tulips and
eating some Gouda cheese.
Watching the
world from the Himalaya sky, seeing from there our
Moon, so far away and so high.
To end up diving
in the romance and beauty of the tropical Maldives
sea, seeing the fishes happy swimming in a row,
realizing that I want to be as them, so
free.
Sitting in Cuba
with a real Havana in my mouth and enjoying the
Spanish music that I can hear,
from there
straight to Mexico, in Acapulco on the beach, with a
Tequila or a Corona bear.
So much more
that I wanted to see and enjoy on this blue globe,
but maybe I will
reborn, a reincarnation, so I can see more, that I
only can hope.
Coming back as a
fish in the sea, a bird in the sky or a three in the
woods, starting all over with new roots.
Traveling again
to where I want to go, to what I want to see,
a restart and
more time on this planet is how it should need to
be.
ALEX MENSAERT –
MAY 12, 2015 |