[Vision2020] An Immigrant Hymn

[Tom Hansen]


An Immigrant Hymn
 
By Madam Anonymous 

Must be difficult, to break all ties 
To separate the truth from the lies
Of your comforting cradle of birth 
Toward a far land, set forth. 

Must be difficult, to unlearn 
Everything you once knew 
The new speedily in your mind burn 
A different thinking accept as true 

Must be difficult, to get used 
To faces white and black 
To wish self-protective skills fused 
Master the alien with an easy knack 

Must be difficult, more than the ways 
To tragically leave behind 
The feel of rainy tropical days 
Neighbors and friends kind 

Must be difficult, to restart 
From the bottom of the ladder 
With your strange foreign ways part 
Keep the homesickness from making you sadder 

But, yet you do it 
With great joy and pain 
To keep the internal fire you once lit 
And pursue happiness, not in vain

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.moscowcares.com/

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”
- Roy E. Stolworthy
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