Timbuktu

What do you value? And what length would you go to preserve it?

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Source

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Timbuktu

They say to you

Is where you should be heading

Gather your pouch

And fill it with salt

You’ll need it

To pay for your bedding.

But she was sure of this

Despite what she was told

She felt it in her heart

It was bold.

That Timbuktu

While it might be for you

It’s not where she wished to be heading.

They say the walls shimmer with gold

With jewels

That sparkle with the opulence

Of a King’s wedding.

But she’ll tell you this

She’ll  tell you twice

She’ll even tell you thrice.

That jewels and gold

Low and behold

Hold no value

In her Kingdom

Of Becoming.

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