Bucket List Poem by Lydia Thacker

I want to read a billion words
Write a song to change the world
I want to sing the song of my heart
Teach my son about girls

I want to see the remnants of ancient life
Translate the word of god
I want to watch my son become a man
I want to find true love

I want to become a teacher
Play classical guitar
See beauty in everyone
Each night wish on a star

I want to make all my friends smile
To tell him how I feel
I want to learn to fly a plane
I want my wounds to heal

I want to dance in the rain
Watch the tree in my yard grow
I want to learn to speak French
To learn to shoot a bow

I want to learn to weave with my hands
To sing in every tongue
I want to dance the minuet
Live each day like I'm young

I want to play in fields of gold
Make hordes of apple pie
I want to swim the ocean's depths
To climb the mountains high

I want to study herbal medicine
I want to save a life
I want to paint a masterpiece
Perhaps become a wife

I want to give my everything
Study philosophy and god
I want to be a quantum physicist
I want to dig beneath the sod

I want to have a little girl
Spend more time with my son
I want to dance a spiral dance
Feel the blessings of the sun

I want to live the life I want
Be rid of poverty
I want to find my happiness
I want freedom to be me

I want to waken with a smile
Be free from despondency
I want to be able to run a mile
I want to live by the law of three

I want see the miracle that each day brings
Live believing that all gods are one
50 things to do before I die...
My bucket list is done