Hiraeth soul
(HI-RITH)
Hiraeth soul…
A soul forever wandering, in search of a place that no longer exists, or maybe never did.
Looking for a home that no longer exists.
Yearning for a place to fit.
Her soul crosses many planes of space and time.
Her heart is searching for what feels like the divine.
She searches and wanders.
Her body way down yonder,
stuck on the earth where she can’t reach.
Delicate hands hold her in grief.
She moves on,
Forgetting all that she left behind.
Desperate to find a place where she can unwind her soul.
She sees a small and desperate light in this night of kohl.
A tree in the distance beckons her near.
Its shade offering her comfort, she has so long feared.
The leaves engulfed her in a warm embrace.
Her heart’s worries float off into time and space.
The tree whispers into her ear,
“Go back to them, girl, your end is nowhere near.”
She cries into the ground below.
Begging the tree to fix her soul.
Inside, she’s cracked and never quite whole.
A past unspoken, swallowing her screams.
She just wants to know what all these feelings mean.
So many emotions held deep in her heart.
Love,
Pain,
And hurt,
She lets go of it all for a new, fresh start.
She wishes the tree well,
And returns to her body.
Cheers and screams as she opens her eyes.
Her smile widens when she realizes that she’ll be alright.
Copyright © Elleigha Carda | Year Posted 2025
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