Adventure

Adventure is another word
For doing something quite absurd.
We flee adulthood, long deferred
In search of one more game.

Exploring caves and catacombs
In search of pirates’ hidden homes…
As children, we were Sherlock Holmes,
With eagerness aflame.

No lack of buried treasure could
Our passion quench.  We knew we would
Exchange it all for something good,
Not affluence or fame.

Now older, we less often seek
Adventure.  Maybe just a peek,
Before we let our hearts grow meek.
It really is a shame.

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Written while listening to the soundtrack of the Goonies (1985), composed by Dave Grusin.