Tick Tock

You’ll be fine
I’ll be fine
What is it they say about time?

It always runs out.

Black Bird 4

I am legally American

Biologically Ugandan

And Culturally Nigerian

I fit no where and everywhere

Everywhere is diaspora

Yet everywhere is home

I miss home every second of everyday

Because home is multiple smiles

And hearts

And arms

And houses

And cities

And countries away

Separated by the ocean

So I’m never quite home

It’s incredibly sad

Yet titillating

Because I am constantly surrounded by my people

And home is now wherever I make of it

So

Here I am

An American Peace Corps Volunteer

In Morocco

I am home away from home

In every sense of the phrase

and it’s oddly comforting