07/31/2024
512ONCE A REFUGEE, ALWAYS A REFUGEE?The haunting of the refugee label in resettlementMelanie Baak1So I have a new name – refugeeStrange that a name should take away from meMy past, my personality and hopeStrange refuge this.So many seem to share this name – refugeeYet we share so many dierences.I nd no comfort in my new nameI long to share my past, restore my pride,To show, I too, in time, will oer morean I have borrowed.For now the comfort that I seekResides in the old yet new nameI would choose – friend.Ruvimbo Bungwe, aged 9 or 14 depending on source, from Zimbab