Is that a sign: White supremacy

Often I walk into this building that is becoming more familiar It doesn’t feel like home though

I had so much hope when I was ‘accepted’ onto my course It doesn’t feel like home though

Am I joining a global community of creative, liberal and forward thinkers? It doesn’t feel like home though

I’m surrounded by many looks, stares and every so often a touch of my hair It doesn’t feel like home though

I walk up to the barriers and panic a little, I may not have my ID pass It doesn’t feel like home though

Daydreaming of being told no pass, no access and reminded that I don’t belong It doesn’t feel like home though

Teachers, students no, not even the reception and security look like me It doesn’t feel like home though

Hold on, I’ve been coming here for 2 years, I pay fees like everyone here? It doesn’t feel like home though

I get past the ID checkpoint and I see a red, white and black banner It doesn’t feel like home though

The banner is gone in a flash, too late it has been imprinted in my mind and soul It doesn’t feel like home though

I’m reminded of a peer’s photo of me standing in the lunch queue she titled ‘migration’ then shared It doesn’t feel like home though

I remember the many times I caught the students on my course staring at me saying nothing It doesn’t feel like home though

The course team notice I’m alone(r) and ask if I need anything, what happens if I say yes? It doesn’t feel like home though

Teachers accommodate me, those two ‘ethnic sounding’ names from industry on repeat It doesn’t feel like home though

I hear there’s an event to talk about ‘the sign’, the student who made the banner It doesn’t feel like home though

It’s a sign of white supremacy, it’s the only time anyone had really seen ‘it’ doesn’t this feel like home though?