A mistaken sense of belongingA misplaced idea of loveIs it real, what I perceive as mine?Who am I? Where do I belong?Finding comfort in pages and wordsImpervious to faces, voices, and noisesAm I estranged from the world?Or am I lost to my mind?Here today, gone tomorrowTransience has been me eternallyMemories plague me, certainty evades meHow long will I live in ivory towers?A beating heart, a twitching earAn insomniac's urge to runThey ask, what is out there?What beckons me to fly?Flitting between physical spacesNo semblance of ground in sightHave I left home forever?Or am I homeward bound?On the trail of a place under the sunI've lost track of where I come fromWill anything ever tie me down?Is there no cornerstone I will find?And in the wake of every flightIn my heart will I always findA mistaken sense of belongingA misplaced idea of love?
© Mahima Kohli 2016
