Transfer

I am from rural Poland comfort

Ended one October day

Last view of pastures and their grazers

After 6 years of childhood

All familiarity ended by a flight

9 hours 4,500 anxious miles

New setting introduced by Chicago family

I am from a new lifestyle

From tending fields in summer heat

To 8 hours and overtime indoors

From hearing Polish all around

To hearing it from few

I am from village safety

Removed by urban dangers

I am from a different culture

With a challenge

Adapt but stay true

Settle into a new home

But remember the first one