Yesterday morning, I attended a small group from my church where we are using John O'Donohue's book, Eternal Echoes, on the theme of Longing and Belonging. Here's my writing on this topic today (I could write novels/stories/poems/plays/songs on this topic, or so it feels to me, anyway), in the form of linked cinquains. I am of course, more interested in processing feelings than writing good poems, but I still hope this is a somewhat good poem. I'll keep editing it before I publish it in a book, I promise!
Longing and Belonging
longing
always I am
reaching into my soul
for the place to stand firmly
grounded
heart blast
as solar chimes
resound while I write this
savoring aloneness and peace
in tears
holding
sorrow and joy
in my hands at one time
longing is deep and belonging
is sky ---
sky looks
upon me now
I breathe slowly
and feel held by the world as if
mothered
written by Nessa McCasey, PTP, CPT, MENTOR
