Poetry

belong (verb): to form part of


by Megan Christensen (Staff)
Summer 2023 Issue


how did we forget
that we
belong?

belong to the howls
and whirls, and chirps. To the wailing
orchestra

orchestral drips and paddlings
of the puddles; of the downpour
even thunder. especially thunder.

thundering, destroying, shaking, unmaking
we belong to that too
and it to us

us - an us that has lost our way
an us ripped from
the fabric to which we belong

belong (verb)

how did we forget
that we
belong?