Watan - Homeland
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I never saw my home land,
when I see it on TV,
a strange ache is inside me,
I do not understand.
I was born in (censored),
a country far away,
from where I currently stay.
That's where my parents fled.
How can I long for Egypt,
a country in turmoil,
with only foreign soil,
while my heart was ripped
by that very man from there,
who stole me and abused,
and tortured, sold and used;
who made me say 'grand-père'.
I never saw my home land.
I need to know my roots.
one day I will set foot,
and I will hold the hand
of my family who missed me,
so many years, and yearned,
until they finally learned
I was still alive, and free.
Until that day it's exile.
Trying hard to survive,
write, heal, study, thrive,
wanting to see the Nile.
I am hiding where I'm staying,
sometimes it drives me mad.
My past makes me so sad,
I almost give up, aching.
My watan, you won't save me,
I just want to understand
why this foreign land
sounds like healing, being free.
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October 01, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Copyright © Darren White | Year Posted 2017
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