A globetrotting traveler I have always aspired to be
Waking up in a new time zone is appealing to me
Unique travel experiences I’d love to accumulate
To make more versatile my limited palate
Since my dreams of travel and schedules were widely divergent
My travels were fast-paced, it was my intent
To sample as much of as many places as I could
Leisurely relaxed vacations I never understood
Running from one tour to another, grabbing food on the go
Compared to vacation, my work schedule was slow..
Not that I did not enjoy my busy vacation
The novelty of experience was enough motivation
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Of course, after my most ambitious vacation to date
Had been planned in detail, with every expense paid
Travel for pleasure came to a halt complete
As the pandemic made barren busy streets
In the beginning there was no actual place to go to
So with vicarious travel I had to make do
I traveled through my medium preferred
I traveled through the lens of the printed word
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As time went by, wanderlust returned
So whenever for a new experience we yearned
We would drive to state parks that happened to be
Surprisingly abundant in our vicinity
We discovered that in the urge to travel to places distant
We had left our backyard unexplored, to a great extent
Within few hours’ drives we had mountains and the sea
We enjoyed the bounty of nature unhurriedly
Packed picnic lunches to enjoy after a hike
This slow pace of travel I’ve now begun to like
When I am ready to fly to distant lands again
Slow travel shall be my new refrain
Passion...unbridled 