You would think that with great change
would come great pain
Assimilate or die
But as I look at the mountains in the distance
and the sun setting behind them
I cannot help but feel a relief
deep within my bones
a freedom
that I have not felt
in much too long.
There is a guilt
of course
but the air is light
and the sky is clear
I suppose you wouldn't understand
but the desert is calling me