EXILE

Do we have to leave
Home
To be exiled?

Is it physical
Or psychological?

Mental separation
From our roots
Forced or
Self-imposed
Takes us away
From loved ones

Shuts us from
Families
Friends
Neighbours
Or communities

Can exclude us
Force us to live
A life of
Self-exile

Exclusion
Isolation
Whether forced or
Self-induced

From our social
Economic and
Political
Environment
Rob us of our
Wishes for fulfillment

Self-exile
Excluding self
Is a form of
Exile
Self exclusion
Be it by accident
or
Design

If we 'integrate'
With our identity
Intact

Without abandoning
Our roots and
Become socially
Economically
Environmentally
And
politically

Engage meaningfully
With ourselves
Our families
Neighbours and
Communities
We now call
Our own

Our self-imposed
Exile
Would give way

To
Purposeful
Therapeutic
Socially
Beneficial and
Mentally
Rewarding and
Uplifting
State of mind

There will be
No more
Exile

Only figment of
Our imagination

Don’t need
To leave home
To be exiled

Can only exile
Ourselves by
Imprisoning
Our mind

Let's not forget
There is forced
Exile
Can attempt to
Resist

Mobilise support
Might fail or
Succeed

There is also
Self-imposed
Exile

The solution
Is in our hands
We can fight
And succeed
Against all odds