===== Ike Who =====

> The story of my Summer camp
> Is one I'd like to tell
> If I had to sum it up
> I'd say it went quite well
>
> This tale is a love story
> As I hoped it would be
> Though the object of my love
> Was a surprise to me
>
> I had hoped that I would sing
> Of a Summer romance
> With someone who I could love
> My childhood friend perchance
>
> I had been feeling so lost
> Confused and alone
> I had wished that I would find
> Somebody of my own
>
> But I've grown to realise
> I don't want that life
> I don't think I'll ever be
> A husband to a wife
>
> I've discovered my true love
> For birds and beasts and bees
> All the creatures of the lake
> And for plants and trees
>
> If I received a single chance
> To make a magic wish
> It would be to spend my life
> With creatures and with fish
>
> I wish this Summer wouldn't end
> And I didn't have to leave
> Maybe my dreams will come to be
> If I dare to believe
>
> Close my eyes, and count to ten
> Count the time I spend
> Thinking that I could fight with time
> And win in the end
>
> Time has passed, the time has come
> To leave my newfound home
> Time to go back to my life
> Of reading an old tome
>
> Wait! That's it! I've worked it out!
> //I know how to return//
> //Without being subjected//
> //To being an intern//
>
> //Once I'm done with my degree//
> //I will write a book//
> //Of all the creatures that I met//
> //And the journey I took//
>
> //I'll write about the forest//
> //The trees which grow so high//
> //The leaves forming a tiny brush//
> //Painting on the sky//
>
> //I'll write of forest creatures//
> //Which come out at night//
> //I might sprinkle in a myth//
> //Of a small woodland sprite//
>
> //I will write of Nellie too//
> //And boating on the lake//
> //Of the relaxing fishing trips//
> //Which I chose to take//
>
> //The ripples of the lake surface//
> //And the water lily flowers//
> //I could sit beside that shore//
> //For hours upon hours//
>
> //If I write of the Reinwolf//
> //Which I think I should//
> //Then surely I must return//
> //To meet it in the wood//
>
> //Maybe I'll see Bighand there//
> //Herbert would be pleased//
> //If we found the hairy beast//
> //In amongst the trees//
>
> //I doubt I could write about//
> //A creature I've not met//
> //Who knows, maybe I'll find out//
> //There's more I've not seen yet//
>
> //That is why I must go back//
> //That's my excuse, at least//
> //To write about the camp I love//
> //And every mythic beast//
>
> So that's exactly what I did.
> The book, it sold enough
> Though no endless money source
> It covers bills and stuff
>
> I've not got a wife or kids
> Which I need to support
> I'll be honest, I don't want
> Anything of the sort
>
> I now work an office job
> It's fine there, I suppose
> Boring, yes, but then again
> That's the way life goes
>
> I still write in my free time
> Mostly just for fun
> My first book was nice to write
> But I think I'll stick with one
>
> This here is the life for me
> It's got all I need
> I can't really ask for more
> That just seems like greed
>
> Still, I find it's rather dull
> In my suburban street
> I wish this jungle was of wood
> Rather than concrete
>
> Time rolls on eternally
> With a tock and tick
> I'm throwing my life away
> In a cage of brick
>
> Should I go back to the world
> Which I knew as a child
> The joy and fun which I once knew
> Found out in the wild
>
> I look out at the city sprawl
> And yearn for the trees
> I long to be out in the world
> And feel a gentle breeze
>
> I wish I had some outdoor space
> In my apartme-flat
> But I'll make do with potted plants
> And petting my cat

//Written by Emma//