Poem about Mexico

I went to Mexico expecting to have fun
To spend time with friends in the sun
All of this came true at QUest-
It was so much better than the Midwest!

I went to Mexico expecting to learn about the poor
I didn’t expect I’d learn so much more…
Not only about the troubles they face,
or about Cuernavca, Mexico- an amazing place!

I didn’t think I’d feel such a conncetion
or change my goals and personal direction.
I went to Mexico expecting good food
Not to see a lady in the nude!

I knew I’d be out of my comfort zone
While speaking in spanish without my cell phone
But these didn’t matter when I got there
To the problems I saw- they didn’t compare!

If you go to Mexico next year-BEWARE
You wont be ready for what you see there
If you go to Mexico tell my friends “hi”
Don’t be suprised when you cry at “Goodbye”

—–Rachael Lund Sophmore, Nursing Major

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