Sometimes I feel

I don’t belong to anything

That apparently seems to be mine;

Perhaps

They don’t belong to me

For I feel they were never mine.

I renounce everything

Once I called them mine –

My name

My identity

My family

And my home,

So that they never call me from behind

When I walk ahead.

I nurture a strong sense of ‘Detachment’

For I can feel there was never something to be called mine

I can feel, this soul has been wandering since

It has never been attached to this material world.

I am waiting for the calling

That will guide me toward the stillness I am seeking

To detach is nothing new to learn

For I am already detached from everything once was home.

(This poem is part of the series titled ‘Journey Inward’, where I am going to publish 30 poems on spirituality, introspection and self-discovery. You can read the other poems of this series from here.)

(I’m participating in #BlogchatterA2Z)

(I am also participating in the Global A to Z Blogging Challenge 2025 and the Na/GloPoWriMo Challenge 2025.)