To The Motherland And Back

To the motherland

With your serene, green hills

With the bustling cities filled with people

With the people who still smile amidst all disasters

The Philippines, the one I call home

Longing to come home

I wait

For the day I will return

With stories to tell my entire family

Of foreign lands and their traditions

Now wiser than before

Now that I’ve seen the other side of the world

To  other side of the world

The land of the free

Truly it is

Slowly I grew to love this place

The Golden State

With your ever present sun

With your ever confusing lingo

“Hella” “Lit” and “Foh’ Sho’”

With your ever diverse people

People from all walks of life

Some I have met and become friends

Some have not yet walked in my life

California, I have yet to call you my second home

But as days turn to months, turn to years

Maybe one of these days, just maybe

I can finally feel that familiar feeling of being at home