Dear Tom,
I know you don't understand why I left you to go west but I want you to. At first I herd wisppers of people who felt it was there duty to god to expand the united states. But I was so love struck with you that I didn't pay much attention. Then after our first fight I started to listen to go to the meetings. They said FELT they needed to go. It wasn't all that logical. Looking back now I see it wasn't logical at all. However there words stared to fill the whole you left in my heart. I had a perpose. I could do something great.
When we made up 3 weeks later it was too late. I do love you but I couldn't get the words "Manifest Destiny" out of my head. I was so stupid. I would have been so happy as your wife. So content to be wrapped in your arms every day for the rest of my life. I knew that but I felt I didn't need you. I was whole.
So I left. The walking got easier as I went along and at first I was happy. Then My feet were so blistered and swollen that I could where shoes. My face burned from the sun. The fall turned into winter And my feet left a trail of blood for days. A woman died leaving me her beautiful baby girl,Icesha. Ice felt like ice. She was blue and so frozen. I would Imagine that Ice was our daughter and I missed you more and more everyday. Until one day when all I could think about was you and Ice. I can't walk any more. My feet are black with the frost. I can barely breath. My body is slowly shutting down. Icesha died this morning. I'm giving up.
I hope this gets to you one day so you can know that my last thought was not of the stupid west or "Manifest Destiny" but of you. I love you. Goodbye.
-Your Maggi
