This Magic Trip

    So what can I tell you about this magic trip
         Through Sicily?
    Me, without the speed of others, without ready
         Pictures to show you the beauty of wonders?

    I can tell of little conversations....sheep...
         Flowers...philosophy......history....
    I can tell of watchful comraderie....hands held
         Out to help those not so fleet of foot
   Of laughter and awe, of swift shooting snaps....
         Cameras capturing memories
   Of beautiful places....old....whispers of ancient
         Sacred.....honored....
   Of narrow bus-managed misses on winding
         Cliff-edged paved paths
   Of technical stops and more laughter...
   Of history .....myths.....stories....presentations
   And always the conversation....castles.....questions...
        Rain...thunder.....sunshine...laughter
   And learning.....always....inexhaustible learning.