Home Away From Home

"Home Away From Home"

I fell down and was worried to loose you at the motel bathroom in Miami.

It was St. Vincent Hospital in New York where I first saw your face.

The owner was mowing the yard naked at the nudist guesthouse in Maui.

You took a picture of us while we were sleeping in the nudist guesthouse in Maui.

We had island fever and flew to stay at the hotel in Lower East Side.

You fell asleep watching TV at the hotel in Lower East Side.

We could see a small bakery from the big window at the hotel in Tokyo.

We looked at an old house for sale in Ventura and dreamt about surfing C street everyday.

You made yourself right at home at the hotel in New Orleans.

You were soaked with ocean mist when you woke up on the boat in Catalina Island.

I could knit you a dress before your birth but couldn’t make socks on time at the hospital in San Diego.

I had only one night to hold you before saying good bye at the hospital in San Diego.

You took me to Las Vegas because I was crying in my bed everyday.

You wanted to play hide and seek in the hotel room in San Francisco.

I had the first anxiety attack in the middle of the night at the hotel in Austin.

I was envious of your beautiful brown hair at the hotel in Tokyo.

You hated me photographing you through the glass door at the hotel in Madrid.

We were escorted to sit and have dinner with an elderly couple from Indiana on the Amtrak dining car.

You didn’t hesitate to jump off the boat but I couldn’t do it at Island of Capri.

We hit a deer on the way to Dallas from San Diego during the Covid-19 pandemic.

It’s our home because you were there with me.