“I wanted to embody the emotions I feel about ‘abandonment’, the word that I’ve chosen so as to inspire myself to write this poem.”
Of Belonging Abandonment, what a sad word For the living and this world Every day something is tossed away Without chance of returning someday Winds blow, and rivers stream While every creatures dream Of belonging, of being cared for And most, without wanting more I want my whole self to be cherished All of my thoughts unleashed Living that good life unchained Not a single piece of me thrown in a drain We are a species born without furs Our skin heated during summers We can't be abandoned creatures For death awaits our fragile nature How come we need to be dearly loved To be wanted and be the beloved And die in the hands of abandonment Becoming monsters without good guidance Somewhere someday we will remember That we all need to be treasured That we are connected through wombs and oceans And that the cries of those who are abandoned Are achingly felt through our emotions. -eiravel-