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NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST

Not all who wander are lost:
Some obey because they trust,
Not all who wander are lost,
Not all who wander are lost.

I saw these words on a book,
Its pages I thought to look,
Alas, it was an empty book,
But its title was a flowing brook.

Not all who wander are lost:
Some obey because they trust,
Not all who wander are lost,
Not all who wander are lost.

Some walk in circles to clear their mind,
Some take a stroll out' their empty life,
Some prefer the desert to a nagging spouse,
Some, some pearls they hope to find.

Not all who wander are lost:
Some obey because they trust,
Not all who wander are lost,
Not all who wander are lost.

Abraham of faith, he was a wanderer,
He relied on God, he was a truster,
Not knowing destination, he wandered,
But wasn't lost, no, wasn't flustered.

Not all who wander are lost,
Not all who wander are lost,
Some obey because they trust,
Not all who wander are lost.

It was a crime to see that empty book,
With words to fill many books:
Not all who wander are lost,
It calls to me, I must!

Not all who wander are lost,
Some obey because they trust,
Not all who wander are lost,
Not all who wander are lost...

© el-iyanu


I saw the title Not All Who Wander Are Lost on a little hand-made booklet during creative writing and publishing class, but no words were in it. I thought it was a travesty that such beautiful words had nothing in it, but the title stayed with me. I went home, and here's the result.

Tokede Opeyemi Iyanuoluwa,
Lagos State University.

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