Anchorage
He has the faith of not belonging to anything,
a rootless thief who shifts and steals
from one brief moment to another
without a culture of his own.
Adrift forever tying knots
to seal an anchorage not belonging to God,
to family or to the land itself
with its peculiar heritage.
Ageless, adrift, alien and alone
forever searching for something
familiar to know:
familia, a household
fames, he dwells.
note: fames is the Latin for famine, hunger.
Copyright © Ka Kimmel | Year Posted 2016
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