Clacking, huffing, almost snarling

With anticipation we raced

Through our haphazard preparations

Using speed and carelessness

To ease the magnitude, the reality

Of what we were actually embarking on

Sure, we were influenced

By the standard

And didn’t strive too much

To diverge from that

As we thundered out

Our hearts beating like

Animal cries in the jungle

Whisps, lines, dew

To give us the courage

To fulfill this enormous task

Of an adventure

We had self-prescribed

The crowds were

the same as always

Though tonight they

Appeared just a touch more vile

We had everything

We needed

In our hands

The glance we were allowed

Had us mesmerized

And we knew

We just couldn’t

Do that.