Friday, January 31, 2020

Where are you from?


I asked the clouds,
The birds that flew,
The wind that blew,
One faltered,
The other wavered,
Another hesitated,
Then said, “Oh! Just out and about!”
               
A thoughtless question,
Trivial conversation,
Empty words,
Made me ponder,
Look back in wonder,
Where have I come,
How did I get here?

The place where I was born,
Steeped so deep in my marrow,
Not just body,
But the soul,
Spirit, heart, mind and ego,
Mystical realm, historical culture,
Is that the place where I am from?

These eyes, however, had seen too much,
The limbs had travelled far and wide,
The smells, the taste of many lands,
Sounds of the gurgling fjords,
Sights of majestic buildings forged,
The mountain air, the snowy peaks,
Are these not the domains where I belong?

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