Malaysia To Australia

• Chantel Xuan Xuan Lai, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2017

Born and lived in Malaysia
Raised and educated there
In the continent of Asia
For thirteen years square

Moving to Australia
Going to leave childhood homes
The land of Malaysia
For the land down under

A brand new land overseas
With no familiar places
The feeling of unease
And the many foreign faces

That was before I was born
Years and decades ago
This is my mother’s story
Never before told