Freedom

The distances in my native city

Have become dearer by cab or auto

All the rains in the world cannot wash

Away its dust or its ancient history

One remembers more than one wants to

The river and time flow only one way

To look back at the past is easy when

The heart knows that it won't be beating

For too long now given the life expectancy

One wants to shout 'here I am' as the haunts

Go past the suncreened vehicle's window

There is no desire to stop and reconnect

The distances have grown in my native city

The dark goddess is farther away than last time

One can thank her only for the void

One has reached after a lifelong journey ----

This void that could be emptiness or fullness or freedom.