I wonder if my life had been
Of some completely different vein
Would I have scaled more lofty heights,
Waved more banners, flashed more lights,

And pressed my head where royalty has lain?

Or what if I asked but to see
Exquisite beauty, just for me?
Would I have ever dared to look
Beyond the diary or the book
That held the secrets wise men left
For such as we, for such as we?

From the personal diary of Joye Kanelakos