If There Was Not A Boundless Sense

If there was not a boundless sense
Of what is at the heart
There'd be no wish to travel hence
And no urge to depart

From that which, is established ground,
Familiar, near and dear;
Who'd start up and go outward bound
To chart a new frontier?

If There Is Anything Beyond

If there is anything beyond
You, being where you are,
Then your horizons will expand,
If you want to see far;

For, sight is no mere matter of
What is in front of you,
Or down below or up above--
Whatever comes in view

Needs to be seen because you feel
In touch with what's about,
Because you know that it is real
As you are real, no doubt;

As everything you know is there
And lies within your ken,
And that's because you're everywhere,
You'd be or might have been.