2 a.m. anxiety
Thinking, thinking
Try to keep busy
School starts soon
The future looms.
Returns, returns
Pending returns
What awaits is uncertain.
Home
What is that?
Must stay busy
Youtube
Buzzfeed
"Epic Road Trips"
Mind is wandering
Epic plane trips
Spain? China? Turkey? Venezuela?
Snap back
Home
Where is that?
Gloomy sunshine
Where is home?
Thinking, thinking
Must stay busy
Korea
No. Not Korea, Waygook!
America
No. Not America, Brown Girl!
Mexico!
No. Not Mexico, Pocha!
Pending returns
No one will understand
Me
Loneliest of feelings
Home
No one will understand
"She's back!"
No, she's not.
She's gone.
But no one will understand.
Loneliest of feelings.
Memories
Chaotic rush of Beijing traffic...
Limpy strolls through Taipei alleys...
Roasty bliss of Bali coffee...
Geishas provoking through fans in Kyoto...
Ladyboys and spicy breeze of Phuket...
Pending returns
No one will understand
Loneliest of feelings
Highs
Lows
Joys
Sorrows
Lovers
Heartbreaks
She won't return.
She's gone.
I'm here.
No one will understand
Take my hand and run with me
Home.
-Marisol Tena
(9/15/14)
