Features Corner: Cara's Poem

By Cara Withers

Asia 2013

Air that's not clean
Noise that sores high
Blue sky that shines through
Bodies that fly

Food may be simple
But flavor bursts out
Language that twists
Yet their smiles stop doubt

A number becomes a person
A person becomes a friend
A friend can shape your life
And start a story with no end

Knowledge is shared
Photos are taken
Yet an image on a screen
Makes that sight become forsaken

Eyes can close
And thoughts rush to mind
Of family and friends
That have been left behind

But the experience that's being made
Makes a wait become ok
Because your stress is cut in half
And thoughts of the future fly away

Love for the ones back home increases to no end
And an embrace that once was so simple feels like a dream that's only pretend

Traveling isn't just seeing
It's embarrassing a culture that surrounds
Meet those people try those things and apply that excitement that's created in bounds