Home

A place by the sea

Home — a poem by Pemba Umoja

If you ever want to understand me

you'll need to know

what home means to me.

Home is a place by the sea

with an ocean as a front yard

lampposts made of sunsets

and moonrises

walls that change

the color of the sky

floorboards of sand

and pebbles

You see

if you really want to know me

you'll come

home with me

to the sea.

A poem by Pemba Umoja