Thank You Trinidad and Tobago

the overwhelming need to say thank you Trinidad and Tobago
with tears, deep gratitude
thank you for holding and carrying me these thirteen years
fearless, brave and enriching.
it has been a healing
a bitter pill to wholeness.

if it was just me and you i would give you an offering
of what i have no idea
to match your glorious indigenous history
and bespoiled magnificence of nature
i see you before and beyond where i stand.

this day thirteen years ago I landed in Trinidad.
i guess now in hindsight I should not feel bad in the bottles of vodka drank yesterday. Celebrations were happening that were silent.
Celebrations of Friendship. WooSah Sunday, Celebrations of time clocked in and spent. Celebration of the Journey, and Celebrations for the next dispensation.

i feel much blessed and better now. yes, grammar odd withstanding.
those bottles were bugging me. first time. glad it will end soon.
if trinidad not good for one thing , which is the erosion of standards and the ever moving edge of frontier and limits, to bad behavior, I dont know what is.