A Refugee

This is a Lilibonelle form of poetry.

Lilibonelle’s basic form has four stanzas; each stanza has four lines, in which each line of the first stanza is consecutively repeated as the first line of each of the other stanzas. This form uses an introspective or reflective theme — one that conveys a loving, wistful or poignant feeling. It is non-rhyming (no rhyming words in each stanza).

I have never seen a home with people mine,

Rarely been welcomed with smiles known,

Never played hopscotch in a familiar garden,

I am a refugee, nothing gained or lost in my journey.

Rarely been welcomed with smiles known,

As new faces greeted me in every place,

Some willed me to stay on for days few,

Others blatantly compelled me to go.

Never played hopscotch in a familiar garden,

Or played in a team, a game of cricket,

Winning and losing are still strangers to me,

Is childhood someplace I did not stop by?

I am a refugee, nothing gained or lost in my journey,

I walk on, through the diverse layers of life alone,

Wooing the weathering valleys, rivers and mountains,

Looking for a resting place before I reach the Lord!