Photo of a neighbourhood in the Caribbean next to the sea.

 

 

home poem 2

hi mum im good mum how are you good good yeah im okay yes im fine you yes I wrote my essay I got a first I want to go home 1000 pounds yes of flesh dry cracked sticking out in the winter yes I got the coat from sports direct mum can I get money for hair home is cheaper yes I like the twists more but no its not like home the lady gets im not from lagos but where on a map is home I want to go pointer finger pressing against the telephone mum I dropped it and it cracked no no it was protected only outside cracked inside it is broken and I cannot understand I want to go home well can I get money for groceries and sleeping pills and good god have the british airways flights gone up the alley by my flat get so loud I cant hear you bad connection mum mum did you hear me want to go home yes no I am wearing the coat home I cut my finger yes 1 am good I am fine Im okay mum
thank you for the kendrick lamar tickets 
see you at christmas 
love you. bye

 

 

Sabine Wilson-Patrick is originally from Barbados but now studies in Cardiff. She is the editor in chief of The Tonic Review, a student magazine publishing emerging writers in Wales. Her work can be found in Midnight & Indigo, Nawr Magazine and Ethereal Magazine. Find her on instagram @yoursabiine.