Kilómetros de Casa

I left with fear in my pockets
And unsigned promises
With a heart full of doubts
And a map that I could never read

I left the warmth of the mornings
Dust entering the threshold
But I didn't leave my name
Not even the desire to arrive

Every step took me further away
But something remained faithful to me
It wasn't the place, it was the story
That I learned to carry with me on my skin

Kilometers from home
Between me and what I was
But there was never any distance
Between my origin and me

Kilometers from home
And I learned to understand
That the path is not lost
When you know who you are

I slept in foreign cities
I learned to start over
To say my name out loud
Without asking permission to believe

Today I look back without sadness
With respect and gratitude
Because everything I am now
He was born before I went south

It was neither escape nor defeat
It was about growing up, it was about enduring
Leaving was also a way
To stay in what I was

Kilometers from home
They don't weigh me down anymore
They are stories on the back
That help me move forward

Kilometers from home
They don't ask me to come back
They only remind me of myself
That I learned to belong

If I ever return to the village
It will be just for looking
And give thanks in silence
Everything that let me go

Kilometers from home
And peace as you walk
Because home is not a point
It's the way you look at it

Kilometers from home
Now I know who I am
Far or near the origin
I always carry home in my voice