Kerala home

K is the pride you kindle in me, something in my bones and skin, something to hold not see

E is my Eyes of dark brown, deep like the coconuts that fall from trees, deep like the roots of ancestry found 

R is roads which filled my eyes when I first came, cars and dust, the edges of shops layered with rust

A is for alive wildlife that never sleeps, howls of street dogs at night, the hot wind and moist rivers fight

L is how Loved I feel when present, embraced by the open arms of waves, left to admire as it bloats and caves

A is the way you always will have my heart, though I live far from your sea, your ‘vellam’ will always be with me

Kerala is my heart and thick hair, you are the tint in my skin and the curry stains on my nails, you are a place I will always be grateful I could fair