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Sneha Nair

my soul has two homes 

rear row, new routes  
sole destination  
but my soul has two homes  

miles away though the journey dawned 
now I ride home 
built by dreams and love 

shifting seasons in window panes 
I watch mesmerized 
in transit for the daily grind 

four glorious phases  
captured in frames  
shared with loved ones living in foreign terrains 

swaying neighborhood sycamores, oaks, and cottonwoods  
summon up childhood 
swinging banyans and climbing mango wood 

shades, sights, smells, alien once 
a home not quite like home
but a home where I belong