Yusef Komunyakaa – Boat People

I find myself in this poem, yet not in the complete sense. As I interpret Boat People as a poem about fisherman, Thai fisherman in the poem, and the life they live at sea. Seasick, they daydream Jade Mountain a whole world away. This line from the poem could refer to the homes they left behind, that seem that they will never be back to caught in the tides caused by the moon, drifting all over the grand ocean in search of a catch. I find myself in this because as a child I used to go on many fishing trips with my dad. After hours upon hours out in the sea, you always start to look back at the land you came from, longing to be able to walk on the solid ground again. These people are at sea for months, never being able to just turn around and quickly go back home.