Traveling the World in Your Eyes
A poem about my children who keep me home but never stuck in one place.
You’re my travels overseas,
Spain’s in the curves of your face,
France tastes like the sweets you bake,
Italy in every bite of our favorite meal we make together.
Beauty I long to see elsewhere quickly fades in my mind
You take me abroad with one look of your mocha eyes.
Japan in your sketchbook and random phrases on your tongue,
Ireland sounds like the song on your lips,
Mediterranean Sea is in the waves of your hair.
Your jokes, teasing, and smile are straight from Mexico,
Boots and braids take me back to the Southwest.
Days at the lake in swimsuits building castles
Reminiscent of the California coast.
My love for you is deeper than the ocean
The light you shine in my life brighter than the stars
Shining over the vast desert,
You take me places I’ve missed and long to see
