I Have Moved West
I have moved west, I travel with the sun; You cannot hold, you cannot hinder me. There are no ends for what I have begun — There are no resting places where I run, Until I am surrendered to the sea.
Genevieve Taggard
I have moved west, I travel with the sun; You cannot hold, you cannot hinder me. There are no ends for what I have begun — There are no resting places where I run, Until I am surrendered to the sea.
The speaker announces a decisive break: she has moved west, traveling in the same direction as the sun. Her tone is direct and almost triumphant as she tells someone—perhaps an old life or a person trying to keep her—that she cannot be held back or slowed down.
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