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One Heart, Two Homes

ONE HEART, TWO HOMES; (was first written in December of 2011)


Belize of my birth; where my first love bloomed
You've showed me sweet freedom, to grace a second home.

But who'd forsake you? prodigals with intent to stay away?
I recalled years of help, silently floating in, from the US of A.

Where else would I dine with virgin air, suffusing flowered backyards?
I have no qualms, propagating positive economic rewards.

Two splendid homes; one of rivers, one of sun kissed sea
I think to myself, who runs where, to be warm and cozy?

Then again, who's all sufficient; people's lives intertwine
In spaces here and there, surely that's no crime.

One heart that loves... two homes... so close and unrestrained
There's diplomacy and grace, you're both well trained.

O Belize, I see bravado and zing; you're still happy and gay
Royalties still go and come, like tourist ships, from the US of A.

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Copyright © Iris E. Sankey- Lewis | Year Posted 2015

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Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 9/9/2019 5:27:00 PM Hello Iiris, so nice to meet you. Two homes! Which one do you long for ? Well done. Have a nice evening my friend. Login to Reply

Debbie Guzzi Date: 3/14/2015 5:48:00 PM Very nice verse my new friend, not yet a ghazel even a modern one, look at a few of mine, there must be a repeated word or phrase at the end of all 2nd lines [say you used HOME, line 2,4,6,8,10 must all end with HOME. & the word before HOME must be rhymed [example second line 4 could end - reckoned home]- go ahead enter what you have if I see anything you need to change I'll tell you. ONLY 3 lines. Light & love Login to Reply Iris E. Sankey- Lewis Date: 3/15/2015 8:07:00 PM Thank you, Debbie. I needed that. So I'll be checking out yours, and will rewrite this I've done with wrong impression. Blessings to you.

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders Date: 3/14/2015 3:35:00 AM I have heard Belize is a beautiful place. I almost went there on a cruise, but we were rerouted...one heart can certainly have two homes. Like me, I imagine that you live in South Florida...just a guess...hugs, Rhonda Login to Reply Iris E. Sankey- Lewis Date: 3/15/2015 8:13:00 PM Thank you Rhonda, for stopping by with more warmth. Belize is in Central America; bounded on the north by Mexico, on the South by Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on the west by Guatemala, and on the east by the Caribbean sea. When I lived in California, I went home for independence in 1981; and took 4 bus, it took 4 days, I lost 4 pounds. Certainly I flew back to Los Angeles, and wrote an article in New York City Voices, "Belizean Odyssey"