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he asked, you know Sardegna? in a good bright day, i can see Sardegna from my home. i saw pure joy and memories dripping from his face. sardegna, where? i asked, honestly, i had no idea. you don't know? he was perplexed. his disappointment unsettled me. i sat there regretting my lack of geographical knowledge. he pulled the google map. here here, look! sardegna, the island. just in the vision of the boy standing on the shore of tunisia. do you know yazhppanam? jaffna in english well, it was my turn. i know colombo he said and asked jaffna, where? i pulled the same map and showed him here here, look! my homeland. survived a civil war surviving war by other means. now we know where we come from.

     The king tide washes            the pieces of my old life.      There remains my skeleton           free of attachments.      My soul is ready to sail           somewhere rather quiet.      Home is a mindset           I already had figured.