The Traveler Not The Tourist

I can't say when it hit

I wanted to feel the world, not see it.

I didn't just want to pass by, and check boxes

Instead to go venture to paths less traveled, to places little humans go

To get lost in languages and customs that were foreign

To share a smile to regain a sense of familiarity

To feel spaces, people, food, climates, to learn

To learn more about them and me

To expand my humanity and humility

To feel that sense of connectedness to the natural

To reconfirm that borders do not cause separation as human beings

To feel the world is different than seeing it, although that alone is too a blessing

For now I want to keep feeling.

Words by me. 💕