Longing to Belong
How can I belong when I long
for something different,
when life holds little
more than disappointment?
I take a deep breath every time
I wonder if I’m meant to be here,
yet I continue to listen
when my voices ask these questions.
How can I dismiss them, any more
than dreams that offer alternatives?
I am most alive when I embrace
the anxiety they hold.
Is it madness to question
whether I am where I belong?
This is my response to Reena’s Xploration Challenge #231. Reena offers a video poem, “How to Be Alone” by Pádraig Ó Tuama, as inspiration. I’ll embed that video, but here is a link to the text of the original poem: How To Belong Be Alone | The On Being Project
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Thank you.
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thank you for sharing.
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:-))
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Yes.
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Never take anything for granted.
Thank you, Lisa.
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I think you’re right, Ken. One moment at a time is all any of us have. You’re welcome.
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The beginning is awesome
How can I belong when I long
for something different,
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Thank you. Life is change, and adjusting to that.
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Longing to Belong … by Ken
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Thank you for sharing this, Reena.
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The spiral of questions without answers…I think we all know that place. (K)
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New doors, every day.
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The ever-tentative balance between acceptance and questioning … I have periods of getting way off kilter in both directions! Either extreme = madness.
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Balance, indeed. Thank you, Jazz.
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Wow…
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Great response ❣️
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Thanks. 🙂
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You welcome
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Brilliant take on the prompt!
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😀 Thank you.
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My pleasure, Ken.
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I like your poem’s echo effect with “How to be Alone”
And yet there are stand alone elements to your work. Well doneTwo Sides
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Thank you.
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Awesome.
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Thank you.
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My pleasure.
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Is it madness to question
whether I am where I belong?
this line struck me the most
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Thank you.
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