Onus

The letdown nearly crushed me as I braced and took the hit. We would not find acceptance, nor inclusive prosperity, here.

Our course had brought us far outside normal trajectories, and the inhabitants of this land were ignorant and hostile.

I’d already been in charge of forging income and housing, but now I’d have to keep us alive against nature’s elements and racism.

Why couldn’t I let it go – just give up, like he had?

Because if I’d done that, I would’ve stayed stuck on this mountain – turned to granite.