immigrant

i
left
my war-torn country
crossing borders
hoping to save
my withering destiny.
a refugee
wanting a new life
or just life!
a home
where my wife and sons live today.
i learnt a lesson
a message to the world
if it cares to listen:
people are different and still the same
wanting the same things-
food love home
four walls do not define a home
homeland is not always home
for when 16 years later
I saw my country again
I found out it had left me too.
I stood as an immigrant
in my country of birth
wanting to be back home
to my family my country.

- based on the story of my Iranian friend/colleague who came to Germany as a refugee in 1982.