10..
Paces, to get to my shoes
Desiring adventure
Across the room
Tightly..
Tied laces
Configured with patience
To last..
For my journey to the moon

A hun-dred
Paces, from the gate
That guarded the entrance
To my humble estate
Plunged into a world
No longer safe
For my ex-pedition's
desperate sake

A thou-sand..
Paces, or a thousand more
Too
I'd tread earth and sky
To deliver this news
That..
Ten thou-sand miles
Divided by two
Is five thou-sand less
Between me and..
You

That's,
Dou-ble.. the effort
And I'd be there soon
Chasing footsteps of colour
Your tiny feet exude
For the work of a-mother
Is to run to the rescue
No matter how many thousands
Stood between her and you