Poem by Paul E. Pepe
TRAVEL DREAMS

TRAVEL DREAMSPaul E. Pepe

I DREAM OF TRAVEL
TO FOREIGN LANDS
FROM ARCTIC COLD
TO SAHARA SANDS

THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
ALWAYS AMAZE
AND MACCU PICCHU
PUTS ME IN A DAZE

I THINK OF ITALY
AND ALL THAT FOOD
PASTA AND GELATO
PUTS ME IN A GOOD MOOD

I YEARN FOR GREECE
AND A GIRO SANDWICH
OR A TRIP TO JAPAN
BUT I DON’T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE

SO MANY COUNTRIES
BUT ALAS, IT SEEMS
I’LL ONLY SEE THEM
IN MY DREAMS

CHINA, OF COURSE
AND THE SPECTACULAR GREAT WALL
I’M WAITING FOR
IT’S SIREN CALL

I LONG TO SEE CUBA
THAT LUSCIOUS TROPICAL ISLE
THE MUSIC AND THE FOOD
WILL MAKE ME SMILE

THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES
I LONG TO SEE
BUT FIRST IS AMERICA
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA