I missed

I missed my parents’ house on Sabbath morning

and motogo le madila,

Seswaa le mangwinya

I missed the wedding songs,

I missed the meetings at the kgotla 

I missed seeing my mother wearing a leteisi

I missed the mogolokwane

I missed walking through the passages of Kgatleng,

I missed hearing dumelang in the streets of Kanye

I missed the long bus journeys to Gaborone.

“I missed, in short, my connections

missed the life which had produced me

And nourished me and paid for me.

Now, though I was a stranger, I was home.”
#jamesbaldwin

#botswana

#imissed

#home