I inhale waves of foreign air,
They fill familiar lungs;
My ears, they brim with sweeter sounds
Of unfamiliar tongues.
My eyes are mesmerized by sights
Of long envisioned dreams;
They are now glued upon the city
As each contour gleams.
A welcomed change from common life,
Predictable at best,
A stretch of treasured landscape now
Extends from east to west.
I step into the promised air
Of destination one,
Whisper in silence, to myself:
Today, I’ve just begun.
My spirit flees before me to
Engorge itself in light;
The willingness inside me is
Inspired to take flight.
The thinning thread that held me up
Was contented to break;
I drifted then onto the ground,
Was shaken wide awake.
Finally free from inhibitions
Of a fastened past,
I am set free to roam Earth with
Elation unsurpassed.
(Original 2011)
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