100 words

As part of a Peace Corps "yearbook" each group of Peru volunteers put together, we were each asked to write a description of our service in 100 words or less. A poem seemed like a fun way of doing that, and I figured I'd share it with you here…

Meghan spent two years in rural Peru,

where there were always lots of projects to do:

Entrepreneurship and business skills classes,

community banks and gender equity for the masses.

All this work (and travel!) kept her pretty busy…

and at other times she read books 'til she was dizzy.

She had fun with her host fam and the Cajamarca crew;

the love and laughs with those folks really got her through.

It's hard to believe how time has gone by;

when you're living the dream the months truly do fly.

Her service changed some lives, but her own more than any,

and the memorable moments are innumerably many.