Valentine : My tribute to my love – Travel
It’s that time of the year again, when love is in the air! My love is dedicated to the one thing that I am passionate about and that is traveling! So here is my tribute to my love: Travel.
VALENTINE
I do not possess wild imaginations
that try to catch up with
love & infatuations;
Nor do I dream
of strawberry & cream.
I do not have whims & fancies
of chocolate cake & candies;
Nor can I to you express
my heart’s constant distress.
I hope not for flowers
of roses and pines;
Nor of candlelight dinner
of champagne & wine.

But just to be with you
through thick and thin;
to be always true to you
when we lose or win.
How can I tell you
about my love for you?
How can you know
my heart’s sorrow?
Please reach out to me
and try to find and see;
If I am worthy of thee
be my Valentine and Marry me!
—-Composed by Maria Lewis
This is a poem which I had written while I was still in school and which got published in one of the local Newspapers! I have a few poems to my name and thought that someday, I might publish my own little book of poems. Little did I know then, that I could publish my poem on my own website.
What is this about my love for travel that makes the world go round? At this point I would like to recall a recent blog post written by my Travel Blogging Mentor – Matthew Kepnes; an American travel expert, New York Times bestselling author, and blogger who mentions in his blog-post: Everyone says I’m running away.
An excerpt from the above post:
I’m not sure why, but there is this perception out there that anyone who travels long term and isn’t interested in settling down or getting a conventional job must be running away from something.
And to all those people who say that, I say to you—you’re right.
I’m running away from your idea of the “real” world.
When I read Matt’s article: Everyone says I’m running away. It suddenly all made sense to me. And I keep looking back at my recent article: The Year 2018: A Leap of Faith and can’t help smiling every time I read it. This can only happen when you are following your bliss or have found the love of your life!
Wishing all of you a very Happy Valentine’s Day!
On that note, I will take your leave, till then keep traveling and keep sharing your stories here!
Your TravelMate
Awesome.. hope you follow your bliss and find all the happiness one can ever have!
Thanks so much Jenny 🙂
Hi Maria happy Valentine day.
Hi Manjiri,
Thank you, wish you too a very Happy Valentine’s Day
Wow Maria,You are Gem of the person and a Great Poet. Keep writing so that we are getting enlightened.
Hahaha! Thank you Jyoti darling! It is only possible because of loyal friends like you,:-*:-:-D
Great Maria
keep it up
Happy Valentine’s Day
Thank you so much! Wish you too a very Happy Valentine’s Day! Have fun!
Awesome Maria. May you travel to your heart’s content
Thank you so much Manjiri:-*
Great stuff. Keep going!
Thanks Sam 🙂
What a lovely poem Maria that too written at such a young age. May you always keep traveling and following your bliss
Thank you Manjiri 🙂