“Home in My Heart,” by Lesley Torres
February 4, 2020
With every breath
You savor
The honey flavored
Air
With every glance
You catch
The sun beams that
Light up the ranch
With every hearing
You perceive
The cows and dogs living here
The cars in the main road appear
With every touch
You feel Mexico in such
A way that makes it stay
In your heart all day
Lesley Torres wrote this poem while a 9th grader at Evergreen High School, with WITS Writer-in-Residence Maiah Merino. Performed at Seattle Arts & Lectures’ Literary Arts Series event with Jodi Kantor & Meghan Twohey at Benaroya Hall on January 29th, 2020.