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    A poem about discovering home
    By Rameen HayatMay 1, 2019 Creative 2 Mins Read
    abstract representations of home
    Art by Ranuka Tandan & Amelia Mertha
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    I packed home in 10 kg suitcase
    Shoved amongst make sure you pray 5 times
    And make sure you call everyday

    Home bursts at the seams
    Held together by fibres and fear
    of losing the known

    I search for home amongst red soil
    empty cul de sacs
    I search for home in the skies
    amongst the expanse of the milky way
    in burnt sunsets

    I find home in the laughs of big bellied men
    In the steely resolve of short women
    I find home in a bottle of chilli sauce
    Eggs and rice

    I find home in the struggle
    In cracked backs, raw fingers, burnt skin
    In steel caps and thongs
    Of men missing shorelines
    In pursuit of picket fences and respect

    I make home in firsts
    using a clothes dryer
    in savouring solitude
    the rebellion of my existence
    staring men in the eye
    I find comfort in their discomfort
    I find it in surprised faces
    hushed whispers
    in looks
    And sometimes I lose it there too

    I lose home in between the quiet
    I lose home in missed prayers and forgotten phone calls
    amongst the unfamiliar
    in the unfamiliar

    Rediscovered
    In the noise of backfired cars
    In the sight of abandoned cars
    Unnecessary arguments
    Necessary wins
    Friends who take care
    Pages of books finally taken off reading lists
    Rewritten
    In the empty pages of notebooks
    Finished stanzas
    Told stories
    memorialised
    written
    and packed
    amongst home in a 10 kg suitcase

    home poetry

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