Mexico

Every day I think about you
And how I don’t know you
And will I ever?
When I see you
Will you look the same as you did
In my dreams?

Will your Pacific sparkle during the day
And seduce and comfort me at night
Gorgeously, like the California coastline
Has made love to me and sung me to sleep
So many times before?

Or is there nothing out there but heartache
In different shades of skin and love’s poverty?
Is there no new beginning but just the same story
Acted out with different characters who look
So much the same?

Mexico, will you tell me that you love me
Like she did--
One day late?
One desert heartbeat too late from saving me
From these tears that drown me every day
I’m trying to believe you that if I build my ship
And voyage South to warmer waters
Everything will be okay
And my life will not be a constant flood
But I am seasick already
Wondering if it’s safe to board
Or if I should just stand here as the tide rises
Feet sinking in the sand
Looking for a sunset
That may not even be there