Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Uniquely Me

(I found this poem and dedicate it to all the Third Culture People out there like me)

I am

A confusion of cultures

Uniquely me

I think this is good

Because I can

Understand

The traveller, soujourner, foreigner,

The homesickness

That comes.

I think this is also bad

Because I cannot be understood

By the ordinary, mono cultural

Person.

They know not

The real meaning of homesickness

That hits me

Now and then.

Sometimes I despair of

Understanding them.

I am

An island

And a United Nations

Who can recognise either in me

But God?

1 comment:

Wade said...

What a poem! Although I'll never quite understand this like my children will, I can still relate. I've enjoyed reading your posts. Keep it up!

Miss you!