Elsewhere

Elsewhere

I say goodbye and leave to a place of elsewhere

Dissimilar to the here and now smells

The laughter I am use too

The historical tongues and rhythms of kinsfolk

Wrinkled with wisdom and time

A tear escapes and is quickly brushed away

An expression of strength replaces the one reflecting sadness

I turn away thinking I can do this

Somewhere a distance from home

Where faces blur into one race

Faced am I with new beginnings and learning

A culture almost malevolent

Childlike I approach

Unaware how to act

Or react to situations unknown

Confidence fallen I have none

Once so strong now consumed with weakness

I kiss a farewell to my family dreams

Distant home of mine

A memory of past living

Where the ‘here’ has transformed into the ‘there’

No longer the ‘now’

Forgiven I hope from my ancestors

For leaving the land of my birth

 I shall never see you again

(Submitted to Centre of migration, policy and society (COMPAS) poetry Competition 2013

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