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Longing To Belong Poems - Poems about Longing To Belong

Somewhere

...I saw you there
sitting alone in a corner
while our classmates played.
The look in your eyes—
longing to belong
but fearing to fall.
We were seven then,
in all the chaos,
still finding our pl...
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Categories: longing to belong, mystery, remember,
Form: Free verse

Searching

...Searching 
Searching for a place
Where I belong
Where hope is alive
Where feelings of disappointment fade away to no longer reachable distances
The longing of belonging is in the mirror
Faith f...
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Categories: longing to belong, dream, feelings, how i
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberFor My Children

...For My Children
-	Daniel Henry Rodgers

As dawn's first blush ignites the eastern sky—a cool
Caress of dew upon the breeze—and the birds' serenad...
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Categories: longing to belong, loneliness, longing, native american,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Snowman

...A snowman
Watches from his globe
Eager to please, you
Longing to belong
Fearful of blending 
into your background
Waiting

He watches 
You come and go
In your great big world
It’s indulgen...
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Categories: longing to belong, absence, deep, longing, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Texas Orange Horizon

...I’ve been told of the lovely biblical times of old
I learned my lessons of being cheery and bold
Once again, I want you to set my spirits free
I don’t want you to let go of me, let go of me

In ...
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Categories: longing to belong, hope, how i feel,
Form: Lyric



In My Soul

...Without a creepy doubt,
I’ll be going that narrow, non-weepy route
Going with the flow of my own flow
Of my own soul as a whole, as a whole

There’s a masquerade party in my soul
Hmm ohhh 
The...
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Categories: longing to belong, change, courage, deep,
Form: Lyric

My Presence

...Been through struggles as of recently
Been blue, need snuggles on a daily
My presence is forever a lost paradise
My deliverance of sins of the past is right before my eyes

The desert of lies, d...
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Categories: longing to belong, angst, emotions, loneliness,
Form: Lyric

Jovial

...Inspired by Shawn Mendes’ songs: Stitches and Never Be Alone

Am I feeling jovial
Or am I in denial?
All along, you were lost and found
One day, we’ll be safe and sound
I saw what was missing i...
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Categories: longing to belong, encouraging,
Form: Lyric

What Is Missing

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I am feeling emotions    cast down
Hovering about my head
Enveloping me
With the longing to belong
To be with people who have   similar vows of
Passion
Someone to talk with    in sh...
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Categories: longing to belong, longing,
Form: Free verse

Perplexing Bipolar Phases

...I am so mellow and quiet…
As calm as a midnight jet…
I need some sort of outlet…
Give me something more than this...regret

I did not mean to get upset...
I just wanted you to be feeling alrigh...
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Categories: longing to belong, emotions, loneliness, longing,
Form: Lyric

Premium Member2019, Black History Month

...Born, slave or free, nobody's property; a "P"(purpose) and a "D'(destiny) are stamped within. Letters they are, but so much more and nevermore to be set aside nor ever erased in me. A human tragedy t...
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Categories: longing to belong, america, christian, corruption, evil,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberCardinal Love

...I host many song birds,
but never enough.

I steal them from neighbors
with lavish tax-relief offers,
free food
and housing
in exchange for their relocation
and entertainment.

I love them ...
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Categories: longing to belong, bird, earth, gospel, health,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberOutcast

...When one feels like an Outcast, one can over compensate
In ways that are extreme to try and change their fate.
This can make them do things others cannot relate to,
If they know not of such pain o...
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Categories: longing to belong, encouraging, inspirational, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSexier Infrastructures

...Infrastructure.
Such a cold ugly word
like a patriarchal weapon,
a technology
substituting for a warm organic nurturing network
flowing through a great river
of eye-to-eye revolving time.

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Categories: longing to belong, caregiving, culture, earth, endurance,
Form: Political Verse

Premium MemberDear Republicans For God and Country

...Thanks for your letter
asking for a free Taoist consult
on how to bring God talk
and experience
back into our Big Agri-MilitantIndustrialized Busyness Schools
and possibly our extended family li...
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Categories: longing to belong, caregiving, education, happiness, health,
Form: Political Verse

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