How far away is home?

Malik A.D, 2025

How far away is home, darling?
can we take JORR and pass thru MBZ and another 12 hours ride,
just so breeze of morning air, chirps of morning bird, chills of morning dew,
pass thru our weary flesh and frayed soul
Will there be peace, darling? Would you feel it?

Where is home exactly, darling?
Isn’t it our bed, our relatives?
Isn’t it first ifthar we have, cold sweets we procure, lame dad jokes we throw around?

What i yearn for, what i dream for: home is where my soul departs this pitiless world
Maybe your hand upon my heart?
Your sweet voice breathes my name?
Warm hug you give to my cold flesh?

Just where is exactly home, my darling?

Malik Andreas Darius, 2024