Sushant Supriye’s most recent poem to appear here was “The touch” (March 2019). 

Difference
By Sushant Supriye

The magnificent house
built of marble
and expensive foreign tiles
is home to you
whereas I am a wanderer
like the wind.

For you,
sleeping on soft mattresses
is homecoming,
whereas for me,
being lost
in search of new horizons
is homecoming.