A fish out of water in water.

I returned to the native
To spend the rest of my life
With the same warmth
And with the same anguish
With which I had once left.
Everything looked alien.
No one is known
To no one am I known.
A fish felt out of water
When it returned to water
02.01.2003

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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