For the Girl Who Lost 22 Passports and Her Job

FOUR names,

NINE numbers,

On a paper marked most important,

-Lost.

 

Stamps that were there to remind me.

Dates, places, the things that I had seen,

And done.

Now only in my memory,

And a few photographs.

 

So while I am here,

Why not stay a while?

I’ll sip some Spanish wine:

I have the time.

Can’t go anywhere,

Anymore.

 

Off the map for now,

-For good.

For better or worse.

This is not my mistake.

Let live; Let go.

 

Wind and winding roads,

Things that I would not have seen otherwise.

Say thank you, or say nothing.

Don’t disrespect, don’t grudge.

 

Think, what would you do,

If you lost another persons identity?

Reviews

[Amy Vaughn]

"So while I am here,
Why not stay a while?
I’ll sip some Spanish wine:
I have the time.
Can’t go anywhere,
Anymore." That's my favorite stanza, and I also love the ending.

When you said "don't grudge" what do you mean? I think you can hold a grudge, or begrudge someone, but I don't think you can "grudge" anything, I'm not sure if it's a verb. I might be wrong.