My friend told me to move home
like we both don’t know that home
wants me straight
wants me to love how it demands
wants me dead
what’s the difference?
I say
No.
I say
I wish.
I say
I love you.
I love me.
The onus is not on me to make our motherland safe for love.
I say
I want home
and I want home to want me back.
