Home Poem by Janid Kashmiri

You think you left home
the day your feet crossed the border
but no
you left it the moment
the world became heavier than your soul

Now you wander
not just through cities
but through yourself
searching for a corner
that still feels like you

This loneliness
it is not emptiness
it is a mirror
showing you how much of your heart
was built from others

Listen
the pain you carry
is not punishment
it is a quiet calling
back to the One
who never left you

You are not lost
you are being unfolded
like a secret
only distance can reveal.