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August 15, 2021

Three Bags Full

See the poem in motion here https://www.instagram.com/reel/CSmlEEeAISA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link When I left my home  for a new country, I carried with me – Three bags full; Of rice, lentils, utensils, oil for my hair, a tailored suit that I never wore. But as time went by and I changed from a girl to  a woman,  a professional, a wife, a mother, I realized, I had left so much behind; The warmth of my father’s blessings, the sweet smell of jasmine when I embraced my mom, the chug chug chug of my daily commute, the endless summers, and… Read More »Three Bags Full