Belonging

Belonging

To everything a place--
This sense of belonging--
Home as we crave it,
Where life begs to be lived,
If only for the moment,
Hour, day, week, month--
Whatever time grants us.
Here, there is space enough,
Ample room we claim,
Despite how the earth spins,
One revolution after another.
Yes, locate the harbor,
By any means possible.
Bring relinquished faith.
Curl into calm so vast,
You’ve never known its joy.

Author: Bart Edelman

Photo: Markus Spiske on Unsplash

First published in coalitionworks #8, July, 2024