(The real Columbus Day)
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue”.
Where once we paused to celebrate,
it’s now an ordinary date.
His bold adventure sailing west
put navigation to the test.
And here we are. That brave, small band
has spread by millions cross the land.
So let us pause and think about
those hearty sailors who set out —
who left their homes with hope and fear —
to find this land we’ve settled here.
Living the Aging Life 