#poetry
boardinghouse reach
rootless and wild
a homeless vagabond
i roam the vast boardinghouse
that is the world
no matter the place
i am no family
no guest
only a stranger paying my way
from table to table
boardinghouse reach
rootless and wild
a homeless vagabond
i roam the vast boardinghouse
that is the world
no matter the place
i am no family
no guest
only a stranger paying my way
from table to table
i make myself small
inconspicuous
as untroublesome as possible
yet when my money
or my usefulness
or both grow thin
i am once more on the move
what i would not give
to knock upon a door and be greeted
not as a presence to be tolerated
but as a member of the tribe within
inconspicuous
as untroublesome as possible
yet when my money
or my usefulness
or both grow thin
i am once more on the move
what i would not give
to knock upon a door and be greeted
not as a presence to be tolerated
but as a member of the tribe within
i have not yet stumbled on
a mat whose welcome
is truly meant for me
i have not yet been invited
into a warm and cozy room
and wrapped in the mantle of belonging
no one knows better than i
i was a grievous error in the fabric
of at least two lives and maybe more
a mat whose welcome
is truly meant for me
i have not yet been invited
into a warm and cozy room
and wrapped in the mantle of belonging
no one knows better than i
i was a grievous error in the fabric
of at least two lives and maybe more
this thought is what i carry
in my rucksack full of thorns
as in my threadbare cloak i seek a home
in my rucksack full of thorns
as in my threadbare cloak i seek a home
but find only
the grudging temporary shelter
of yet another cheerless bedroom
in a drafty hall
© 2014 RC deWinter
Published in Call Me Brackets, @CallMeBrackets,
The University of Alabama Creative Writing Program, December 2019
the grudging temporary shelter
of yet another cheerless bedroom
in a drafty hall
© 2014 RC deWinter
Published in Call Me Brackets, @CallMeBrackets,
The University of Alabama Creative Writing Program, December 2019
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