Home away from home

Red, white and blue from green, white and saffron

Gandhi’s chakra to fifty stars.. Accent, British English to American,

Population dense to scarce

Indian, Asian to every race

From color familiar being shades of coffee, light to dark

to white, yellow, brown and black

Rupees to dollars, proud Indians to NRIs, the transition,

from resident permanent to citizen American,

Born and brought up there, to just visiting my motherland now on occasion

Arrived in a land foreign as a daughter and sister,

Became then a wife, a mother

Student I was, then a full fledged doctor

Being chauffeured snoozing away, to a full time driver

Being spoon fed, to a cook, a housekeeper

Working full time, wouldn’t survive if not a multitasker

The voyage had had though it’s tides,

high and low

Arrived here decade and a couple few more years ago

As much as I relate to my color, my race there

Belong just as much I here

For nothing but differences amongst us are all that’s common

uniting us, knowing we’re here to do our best without question

To a country great, we pledge allegiance

Though roots are far behind, fruits sweet to bring here we promise

Watered there and sunlight is here, my story this is

similar to this country’s ancestors or yours

I love my nation, my America

as much I love my motherland, my India

Oceans apart, in the far East or West

As either one’s my home, away from home .. so truly I’m blessed!