cultural appropriation

I've often wondered

if I was born in

the wrong skin

or

the wrong time

or

the wrong place

questions of belonging

perennial, always

blooming

inside my

heart

I have been given

so much

gifts

blessing

opportunity

but the questions

grew louder each year

each season

growing new roaming-

ivy roots

wrapping around me

then one day

I left my home

for my first

great adventure

the first

step

on my path

to finding

a home

within

myself

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