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fushigi no kuni no alice
by Frankie Sanchezsomewhere across this pillow
you look more like a vacation destination
and i'm feeling more and more like the homeland,
i imagine myself browsing your brochure,
in foreign languages,
offering lands-worth of wonder,
you're a remote resort in beijing,
you are exotic and yet baited
and barely distant,
though somehow this pillow feels like leagues,
your mouth like a horizon,
and your heart like something temperate
offers a more habitable climate,
you are so inviting,
i'm attracted and intrigued,
i'm somewhere off shore, i'm approaching,
hoping you can offer a nonsensical relief,
hoping i can arrive and be welcomed and
rest (assured) and take shelter
and grow comfortable enough to call you home.
07/01/2006 Posted on 07/01/2006
Copyright © 2024 Frankie Sanchez
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 07/02/06 at 04:25 AM I do not know what the title means, but the metaphor here is great and the last line brings it all home. I like... |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 07/03/06 at 03:17 PM after reading this, and "bad math", i'm getting the vibe that you're on the verge of relationship and stepping into another's universe. i love all the travel references here (of course, me ocean lover). it reminds me/all of us that walking onto someone else's planet can honestly feel like a getaway from your own. john mayer says, "your body is a wonderland", so i guess everyone has that amusement park/vacation destination thing going. |
| Posted by Lauren Pearl on 07/04/06 at 05:00 AM the title (japanese, right?) drew me in and the poem blew me away. great write! |
| Posted by Kyle Anne Kish on 08/12/06 at 03:05 PM "somewhere across this pillow
you look more like a vacation destination ..." I love how you opened this poem, Frankie. I was mesmerized by the pictures you drew in my head. Nicely done, indeed. ~~ Kyle Anne
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| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 12/19/09 at 08:46 PM Good stuff in those last five lines. |
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