Home Sweet Home

Four walls of concrete slabs,
They are my home sweet home.
Straight after school I am
To go to this home sweet home.

Noise and brats I face,
Childish squabbles by both
Seniors and juniors alike.
Cold wars are a familiar sight.
Ignorance is my best bet.

Hot dinners and warm clothing,
Are all I get from my home sweet home.
4 appear at the table
where are the other 3?
Busy are the rest but
But what about me?

I want to feel understood,
Not to be blamed.
Me busy? I admit.
I Might have been caught up.
Please understand my situation now
Its not where I want to be.

I hate these 4 walls
I loathe these concrete slabs
My own solitude has led me
To a place where I can be me again.
Engulfed in love;
don’t deprive me . I have found it
don’t take it away- my only escape is
my privacy, my happiness
isn’t spared, once I step into the reality
of my home sweet home.

Nadine Thumboo
4J