Home- a poem by Gul Javed

Home

"I am from here, I am from there,
yet I am neither here nor there". 
                                   - Mahmoud Darwish 


I reach home, home. It fails to recognise me, 
the tide of being "other" hits
the shores of my heart,

and washes away the joy.
                                               I walk through the streets:
strangers, strangers. No friends. 

"When are you going back?"
A new neighbour asks.

Everything has changed.

New houses, new lanes, new idols,
new songs, new aroma in the air.

My heart whispers in a language of loss:

I am from here, I am from there,
yet I am neither here nor there.
(22/05/2021)
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