tenzin tsundue - Refugee

REFUGEE

When I was born
My mother said
you are a refugee.
uur tent on the roadside
smoked in the snow.

On your forehead
between your eyebrows
there is an R embossed
my teacher said.

I scrubbed and scrubbed,
on my forehead I found
a brash of red pain.

I am born refugee.
I have three tongues,
The one that sings
is my mother tongue.

The R on my forehead
between my English and Hindi
the Tibetan tongue reads:

RANGZEN

Freedom means Rangzen

tenzin tsundue

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