I Left my heart behind
“Life is short and the world too wide!”
Beginning since 1980, 27th September of every year is celebrated as the World Tourism Day. The goal was to create awareness among the international community about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value. Each country has a beautiful and magnificent history and many awe-inspiring places; We all want to tick all of them off our bucket list…and we will.
Let’s celebrate World Tourism Day with an ode to all those beautiful places that we have to visit yet and all those which have already stolen our hearts… To all those struck with the wanderlust, here’s something that you all will relate too.
I left my heart behind
Amidst the waves that softly lapped at the shore
Where the winds tugged at moored sails to explore more
I left my heart behind
In some coffee shops on that cobbled street
Where a stolen glance made two strangers meet
I left my heart behind
On the walls decorated with graffiti
Where millions of “Romeo-Juliet” hid their love stories in red-pink confetti
I left my heart behind
In those cosy by-lanes
Where we made new friends whilst admiring the rosy window panes
I left my heart behind
In the cold breeze that laced the coastline
Where life stories were shared over a few glasses of wine
I left my heart behind
In the food and drink that we shared
Where our worries were smoked off in the air
I left my heart behind
Like those lipstick stains on coffee mugs
I left my heart behind
When at the airport we shared our goodbye hugs…
To Travel is to Live!
I composed this poem after I came just back from a trip that took me to some of the places on my travel bucket list. All of it still feels like a dream. Such awesome memories. I truly had a time of my life 🙂
To read the last year’s Eurotrip blog click here: Europe of Our Dreams. and you can read my this year’s blog here: European Escapades
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ASHWINI NAWATHE
Hi, I'm a nature lover, a trekker and an ardent reader from Mumbai, India. After playing Lawyer for a time, I shifted to my passion and love – History! A 9 to 6 job as a Senior Executive: Research, Content Writer and Editor helps me earn by bread and butter which is ultimately spent on travel and food :)
14 Comments
davidjhopcroft
Beautiful expressions of memories from your journey and I wonder did you leave another’s heart behind 🙂 🙂
Ashwini Nawathe
Hahaha.. I hope I did 😛 That would just be a cherry on top! 🙂
Mathew Philip
😍🖐
Mathew Philip
Very interesting…..🖐
ASHWINI NAWATHE
Thank you!
Mathew Philip
Welcome 😀
Newtan
Interesting 💖
ASHWINI NAWATHE
The trip was interesting. Thank you 🙂
shri.krishna.sharma
Very nice, I wish to register my liking but your page does not load fully for that.
ASHWINI NAWATHE
Thank you. 🙂
Will check into my site back-end for the “like” issue. Thanks for bringing it to my notice.
Manoj Mehra
We can leave the place but memories come with us.
ASHWINI NAWATHE
Yes. The sweet memories of the places still decorate my dreams 😉
shailusahu
❤️Interesting ❤️😁
ASHWINI NAWATHE
It was a very interesting trip 😛