Home

  home

   həʊm

    noun

1.   1.

     the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

Do not ask me where is home,
That is an answer I do not know.
Is that the land I choose to go
The starry nights far from my abode

Is it the culture that strives to be?
The assimilation, desensitisation,
De-nationalisation - Of my identity?

Is it the place where family is but,
A past in the mirror, a future to come?

Why do I not know home?

Why do I not know home?



Why do I not know home?




Because home is not but a place,
Where you are warm, where you are safe.
Home is not but a place,
Where you keep a job, your worries erased.

Home is in the heart,
Of the valleys and springs,
Traverse the cobbled path
See what street lamps bring.

Home is where the stars whisper
And the moon beckons.
On the wispy gales of sleep,
You're counting down the seconds -

The seconds to adventure,
The minutes to knowledge,
In the hour whence you've travelled,
Ignorance has fled the gate.

Home is your whole world,
Therein where your feet stand
Past down the empty vineyards;
Cathedrals; churchyards;
You gain strength

Home is where you grow,
Where humility is stowed.

Therein should my legs give way,
Know this!
That I'll always,
Walk until I see the light of day.