Longing and Belonging

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