Why I'M Home Poem by Usman Hanif

I lost my mind, I lost my home
I've no worries, any hope no more
I shut the door behind me
I try to forget that blow

Outside, the air is asleep
The road is crowded with loneliness
The stars scare my mind
I pass the barrier, forbidden by them

While I follow that road
The wolves couldn’t suppress the howls
The night starts focusing on the snow
And the light stops falling
The wind continues to slumber

And in my mind
Something torments...
If they are worried, where am I? ? ?
Yes, they would be worried
I should better let them know...

I start the way back
The anger falls off my brow
The wolves try to whisper
Whisper, my suspicions to me
Bah! They only know the howling
And the howling wakes up the air
The air calls up the wind
The wind tries to say something...
At last, I reach the home in shadows

The door is closed, as it should be
Should I knock? They’d be waiting
Whose outside, they should know
Yes! Yes, they know!
And they ask me, why I’m home...

03-03-2008