CALL OF THE YUCATAN

Beautiful names of Yucatan,

Agua Azul and Kukulkan,

Land of the Swallow, Cozumel

lilting sounds in bell-like spell

in Spanish, English and Mayan they sing

dream-like songs beckoning

the arm-chair traveler whose heart thrills

to Loltun and City of Hills,

Palenque and Quintana Roo

calling, calling to one who

dreams and dreams with book in hand

of voyaging to an ancient land

with mammoth monuments ages old

and mysterious past in mystic hold

Chichen-Itza and Izamal

who could resist the luring call

of songs like birds winging time’s span:

the musical names of Yucatan.