Friday, May 02, 2025

traveling (like) light


here, on our way
our connections belonging
only to ourselves 
history's hooks dangling
 carrying instructions
treading eternally in travel
flighty and watery 

brave before memory
yet imagining every thing...
foreign for moments
knowing our effects are light 
yet baggage enough 
for other people to live out 
of them for a lifetime

___________________________ 
Pic 1: Like I did last time, I got everyone identical scarves to loop onto our backpacks so we can ID each other easily. (My pic.)
Pic 2: I'm so grateful for this community of eager learners. They were willing to construct and present on their keywords and concepts in the airport on our long layover. (Pic by our travel chaperone.)

8 comments:

Lisa's Yarns said...

The scarfs are such a great idea! I can’t wait to hear all about what you are all experiencing together!!

Gillian said...

Nice.

StephLove said...

Those scarves remind me of the matching clothes/jewelry you and your sister got (and didn't get) on your trip.

Great use of layover time.

Nance said...

The scarf idea is brilliant.

Love the title of this poem and the double meanings of effects and baggage.

maya said...

Stay tuned, Lisa! I plan to update whenever I can.

maya said...

Thanks!

maya said...

I'm grateful these young people were agreeable!

maya said...

Nothing gets past you, Nance... I love that so much. (This needs work, but I can sense what I was feeling when I reread it.)

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