Texas to Me

Christian Garduno

September 1, 2021

Sweet young children

running thru a field

that’s Texas

Texas to me

Texas to me

Jump out of the ocean

& I’m warmed by the sun

that’s Texas

Texas to me

Texas to me

Tan-skinned girl

with the blondest eyes

& she’s looking at me

two lone stars 

can make a galaxy shine

Pull up your boots

throw down some roots

plenty of sky to share

down in Texas

with me

Pawned my blues

for a ticket back home

I’ve got to go

& bring Texas to me

Texas to me

Christian Garduno's work can be read in over 75 literary magazines. He is the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry. Garduno is a Finalist in the 2020-2021 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Writing Contest. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan.