The third stanza begins with the same phrase, “no one leaves home unless,” reminding the audience of the main idea of the poem. Made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back. No one leaves home unless home chases you The people, they thought their own, are out with machine guns to hunt them down. In such a situation, one has to leave home.
On the day of fleeing, he holds a big gun to kill whoever crosses his path. There was a boy she kissed behind the old tin factory. In the following line, the speaker shares one intimate memory. The heavy breathing caused by nonstop running spills blood into their throats. It seems everyone is running faster to save their lives. In the second stanza, the speaker describes how the neighbors become competitors in a life-and-death game. The speaker addresses the refugees as “you” and tries to remember the days they badly want to forget. The narrative begins with the second-person point of view. In tremulous times, such a situation occurs frequently when people become homeless overnight. According to Shire, when one sees the whole city running as well, they have little time to comprehend the meaning. Anyhow they have to reach there in order to find a route out of hell. The barbed wire of the border becomes their sole goal. At such difficult times, people have to flee their homes with their lives in their hands. Likewise, when the people become bloodthirsty, they can’t see who’s their own. The sharp teeth of the shark’s mouth never differentiate between small or apparently bigger fish. When the home turns out to be the mouth of the shark. Shire says, “no one,” literally nobody leaves “homes,” unless they are forced. When you see the whole city running as well You can read the full poem here and listen to Warsan Shire reading ‘Home’. Reiterating the statement, “no one leaves home” or “no one chooses refugee camps” (or such a life), the narrator wants to portray the helplessness of the refugees worldwide. On top of that, they are sexually exploited by the prison guard. For instance, women are sexually exploited by men of their father’s age. Throughout this poem, the narrator describes horrific events that refugees have to endure on their journey out. Thus, there is only one option left for the speaker: running.
The boy once the speaker made love with, holds a gun bigger than his body, waiting for her or his family. When the big shark-like countrymen hunt down others, bloodthirsty and ferocious, there is no other way out than to flee one’s country.
In this poem, the speaker describes the situation that makes one leave their dear country, home, and belongings. ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire describes the tragic journey of refugees in search of safety, shelter, and relief from the tremulous situation of their native country.
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