You are like the Texas Sunset
golden
with the glow of summer
kissing your cheeks
and the multicolored expanse
streaked with azure and indigo
reflecting in your wide eyes.

You are like the Florida morning
after a nightly rainstorm
tangerine clouds wafting
through the sky
and your touch, as soft as the dew
that sticks to the magnolia leaves
jasmine flooding my senses
you're skin sweet as that pure flower

You are like Vancouver's summers
Mild and cool with expansive arms
stretched out to hug the coast
mountainous in your love
wrapping around the city, the people,
Me.

You are like Czech Republic's churches
Artful
stained glass, fragmented emotions
echoing, haunting melodies
of times passed and times to come
never empty but always
open and inviting.

You are like South Africa's oceans
aquamarine, calm
as I stare over the cliff
I see your eyes in the waves below me
ever changing but still
the same ecosystem, swimming below
the sea spray, salt on my lips
for you to taste

You are like Ireland's rolling hills
I thought of you
and I rolling down them
hands clasped, a cladagh ring falling from
my pocket, to give you on your hand
emerald is that memory
of the dream that I wished to have.

You, my darling, are like South Korea's beauty
natural and also built
you wake up and walk out and just be
nothing is needed
And the temple steps I walk to
up and up to reach the shrine
I pray for our embrace again
tears mirroring the small fountains
meant for cleansing and refreshment
Your presence as full as my heart
as I bow to the Buddha
your mantra of love, singing in my ear.

In all the places I've been
so I have found you.