Belonged

How can you blame
The branch you sit on
It’s holding you above ground
Away from the beasts
It keeps you near
The fruits on the tree

How can you say
It’s stopping you
Holding you back
Keeping you small
Trapping you
Making you still

It’s not
It’s all —
That’s around you
The ground, the branch
Tree, the fruits, the beasts
All that
And this, you

Birds nest in trees
Foxes, on ground, in holes
Fish, in water
You need all
Belonged
By all
Trees, ground
Water

All this, holds you
All that, binds you
Contains you
Keeps you fed
Keeps you small

You are small
As a bird, a fish
That, all around, is large
That’s what holds you
That’s what keeps you
To be small

Let it, let it do
Whatever it must
Bring wind, storm
Dark, or day
Just as it, one day

Brought you —
To this tree, this branch
Just as
One day, it will
Shed you
As a leaf

Blown
In wind