Away from Home Are Some and I

Away from Home Are Some and I - meaning Summary

Displacement and Belonging

The poem treats separation from home as both a physical move and an inner condition. The speaker describes being an emigrant among many households—surrounded, yet distinct—and suggests that changing location is easier than adopting a new mental horizon. The “habit of a foreign sky” stands for the slow, difficult work of internal adaptation or belonging. The closing image contrasts outward children who keep facing forward with feet that retreat, implying that staying put can create inward withdrawal and a persistent sense of otherness.