I am form Verena

Spektaküläre Luftaufnahme Vom Cape Point in Südafrika. N.d. Photograph. Foto Courtesy of SA Tourism, Capetown. Kapstadt.de. Web. 7 Nov. 2013.

I am from

 

I am from that place

That no one knows

That area the west looks down on

Even if the curtains have fallen

 

I am from that place

I never lived in

That place I only know from pictures

 

I am from the city and the country

From danger and safety

From rejection and love

 

I am from the country of hope

 from the border to the country that dopes

I am from the country that has faught many of wars

And its history is marked with scars

 

 I am  from the country of colour

from the land of different cultures

 I am from a place where everyone is called mueller

from the kingdom of vultures

 

I am from the darkest corner of the world

Like a snail I live issolated from the world

Learning that trust is not worthy sharing

 

I am from the brightest patch of land

A world that spreads out her hand

Where the grass is greener

And sky bluer

 

I am from  a changing place

I am from 3 countries

Each shaped me differently

I am from that place

No one knows

By Verena Schwarzfischer