Different Here, Normal There
I was the kid from another country.
Not once,
But twice.
And I still am.
I was the kid with a different accent.
What is normal here, is different there
And different here, normal there.
But who’s to say which is normal?
I am the kid with different families.
A family in the United States,
A family in India.
A family of friends and relatives
My family on opposite ends of a stick.
I am the kid with two different experiences.
Two different languages.
Two different cuisines.
One me.
This poem is about:
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world