Ode to the United States

A Poem

Photo courtesy of the author, used with permission.

I remember the first time I saw you with my eyes,
Your lights extended themselves from the beaches of Tijuana,
I flew over you like in a dream over an immensity of night,
Following lights along, over the Pacific Coast, we flew.

I built you in my mind before I placed a single foot into your land,
All those…