I Belong Here Poem by Sicelo Sithole

I grew up here
I have a family here, and my sisters are still here
A long time ago I lost my only brothers,
At no place else, but Here
My farther is still here
So as my loving mother
I love living here
I am growing older every day, so as my mother and caring farther
My grandparents lived and died here
So as my uncles, aunts, fathers and beloved cousins
I received most of my education here
I have some of my friends living here
Some died a long time ago
Some are no longer living here
My mother is growing old her hair is becoming gray
It is a beautiful thing, but she is also becoming ill
This happens at no place else, but here
She has worked the very same job in no place else
But here
At once I thought I will leave home and live at some place else
But by time I have realised one thing
The fact that I cannot deny, a realisation that
I was born here
And fully belong at no place else
But here