Where We Belong

I'm not submitting this for the Home Poem challenge, because I'm not Vocal+ anymore. However, reading the challenge prompted reminded me of this poem so I hope you enjoy anyway.

A sense of belonging

A sense of hope

A feeling of longing

And trying to cope

A sense of tomorrow

Becoming today

But always the sense

We've somewhere to stay

A sense of here

A sense of now

A sense of where

And why and how

Our Father, our families

Our communities

Our home is where

We belong, Lord, with thee

I believe this poem stands on its own, but I would like to provide context of why I wrote it and what it means. About a decade ago, the church I was attending updated their motto to "Be You, Be Loved, Belong." The discussions behind picking that verbiage inspired me to write "Where We Belong" for the church. Sometime after this, a church member stopped me after Sunday service. She told me her home had recently caught fire. She said that the words captured how our church had swept in to make her feel welcome and safe even with that tragedy. I wrote the poem, but it means something different to me now thanks to her.