he is from Mumbai
so I share my little story

tutoring and also learning
quite hidden, little glory

extraordinary students
writing and conversation

reignites my India yearning
nation of fascination

my cousin lives in Bangalore
his wife is from Taiwan

not all who wander are lost
I pray the road goes ever on

my last three neighborhoods
all heavily Indian

these in the southern U.S.
immigrant story begins again

I tell my Thai wife
as our boys play by the sea

I haven’t been to India yet
but India has come to me.