Az

We're Arizona, you and I,
The inward sigh I know from home, 
You're comfort from a foreign sky.
Soft, bitter rain to hold me fast,
A letter now will reach you, 
But in a week at best.
The parched land far from both of us
Bears both our names, in part.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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September 23, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Like it Annie....love in your heart. - Have a wonderful Sunday. - Love oxox Anne-Lise :)
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