MY LIFE

At fifteen I felt trapped
by the atmosphere
of a provincial family
and a small community
both poor

Where did not matter
one country to another
one ship to another

From the Great Lakes
to the Pacific
moving west then east
north to south

One school to another
one state to another
then west again

From one wife to another
then a third
all left behind

Moving on
this city that city
each place a home

Until dissatisfaction
moves in
and I move on

I am still moving on
preparing for that
last move