a new place to live

there is no new world.
not here,
not on mars,
or venus
or mercury.
this is it.
the good
and bad together.
strange
how we think that distance
will change
us.
that a new locale
will save
us from ourselves,
our past,
that our dark
and sinful
sides will disappear
with a new land
to live on.
how foolish we are
in not knowing
that the true place
of change
is within.