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New Odessey

Stepping onto foreign soil
I take my first newfangled breath
"Here skies are blue
And dreams come true" -
They say, this is success.

With every step I take, I see
My peers ten steps ahead of me
They all began
Where I now stand
Much earlier than me.

Every time I try my skills
They say I must conform my ways.
My mother- tongue
Is here, unsung
My culture in this land unpraised.

I now must renovate myself
Must keep the stars I long in reach,
So let me paint
A new constraint
Upon my heart as they reteach

My actions to be like the "norm"
I feel a new identity!
At first averse,
But now immersed,
I start my walk in novelty.

The path I trek is frightening!
No matter what, I need to fight -
I trip and fall,
With demons, brawl,
Torn to pieces, move in fright.

But now I stand upon a hill
And now the fog has cleared a bit
I stand achieved,
But soon I leave
To conquer mountains greater still.

Copyright © Stenila Simon | Year Posted 2015