first footsteps in Macao
after five hours
of floating in the air
or a hundred years
since the sailing
a great escape
my great grandfather did
this place he transited
now I'll call it home
he could never
return
in flesh
his blood
that flows in me
now here afoot
he used to walk
or maybe run
whose house?
I won’t know
what belonged to my ancestors
- will it still be mine?
should I stop asking
where home is?
should I instead
ask how?
after five hours
of floating in the air
or a hundred years
since the sailing
a great escape
my great grandfather did
this place he transited
now I'll call it home
he could never
return
in flesh
his blood
that flows in me
now here afoot
he used to walk
or maybe run
whose house?
I won’t know
what belonged to my ancestors
- will it still be mine?
should I stop asking
where home is?
should I instead
ask how?
Very fine, Chrys.
ReplyDeleteHow home is? What a good question.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Chrysogonus. It's good to explore that hybridity, a rich seam I think. Where do we belong, how and why?
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