Amazonia's Calling

There's a place hidden deep in la jungla,

in the jungle of South America's past,

that contains the answer to all of

life's questions:

Where we came from,

Why we are so greed-driven,

Who we are,

and our Creator's true name,

Granted, you may lose your life

to reach these answers,

but the journey is still worth

everything,

through piranha-infested waters,

and walls covered in poison-dart

frogs, through spears and cannibal

camps, beyond jaguars and snakes

and dreadful diseases,

It's just around the river bend,

and ten years down that same path.

Even if you don't decide to take

the trip, for pride or family or

safety, some part of you will

regret its absense

and forever wonder at

undiscovered marvels,

While your closest friends

take you there each night

in your nightmares,

and you awake

each morning in

fresh blood.