Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur

WHERE DO WE BELONG?

Many people out there,

Are not even aware,

where do they belong?

It’s like they have lost the chasm. 

If I can dance a crazy dance, I belong

If I am not judged, but loved, I belong

If I can lower my guard, I belong

If I can share my unfiltered thoughts, I belong

If I am understood, I belong

If I feel safe and calm, I belong.

Belongingness isn’t a utopian dream,

It is a feasible realm.

We do not need many people or places,

Even one can be sufficient,

To make us feel, we belong.

To a poet,

Poetry club is where they may feel belonged,

To a reader,

Library is as good a place as home,

To an astronaut, 

Outer space is the home they always longed 

To a child, mother is where

the belongingness ends.

Its different for different people,

But this we must know,

We all belong to a person or place

Person here can even be ourselves or thee

Place can be anywhere

land, sky or the sea.

Else we are the pendulum

Hanging in time and space.

Dangling here and there, 

At our whims and fancy.