By A.J. Middaugh, Age 16, Indiana
I am going to travel the whole wide world someday…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!
I am going to scale the golden Pyramids of Giza
and fix the silly Leaning Tower of Pisa!
I am going to battle in the Coliseum
and visit every Guggenheim museum!
I am going to take many pictures of the Taj Mahal,
and then I am going to run the length of the entire Great Wall!
I am going to creep inside the clock tower to see Big Ben,
and after that, I will paint the colorful Kremlin!
I am going to travel the whole wide world someday…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!
I am going to see the beautiful Agia Sofia
and jump on all the furniture in Ikea!
I am going to go all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower
and maybe even visit Greenland for an hour!
I am going to visit both sides of Niagara Falls,
and then I will snack on Belgium Waffles!
I am going to see the amazing view from the castle of Neuschwanstein
and sail around the Cape of Good Hope in a little boat of mine!
I am going to travel the whole wide world someday…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!
I am going to take a really, really long tour of St. Peters Basilica
and then take an equally-as-long pilgrimage to the city of Mecca!
I am going to see the giant heads of Easter Island
and stop by the Bahamas to relax in the soft, warm sand.
I am going to ride to Christo Redentor in a crazy Rio cab
and I am going to spend the night in the Burj Al Arab!
The Acropolis of Athens is a place I am going to see
right after the bright green Statue of Liberty!
I am going to travel the whole wide world some day…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!
I am going to sing in the Sydney House of Opera,
right after I have a picnic near Chichen Itza!
I am going to go up in the London Eye,
and then I’ll go and have some Australian meat pie!
I am going to search high and low for the city of Atlantis…
even going so far as to climb Mount Everest!
I am going to visit the historic city of Istanbul
and then to Monte Carlo with money to gamble!
I am going to travel the whole wide world someday…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!
I am going to have a picnic on the Table Mountain
and toss a couple coins in the Trevi fountain!
I am going to go vampire hunting to Bran Castle
and then to Victoria Falls; it won’t be a hassle!
I am going to go to all the Inukshuk formations
and watch the Kinderdijk Windmills’ fabulous rotations!
I am going search the Andes mountains to find Machu Picchu,
and then I will return home again, just to see you!
I am going to travel the whole wide world someday…
I am going to see, feel, taste, laugh, run, jump, and play!
I am going to climb the highest mountain and dive in the deepest sea.
Oh! Just thinking about it brings me such great glee!