Where I belong

Where I belong By Christopher Ross Livingstone

 

Where I belong 

For too long left me with many questions 

Rather than answers 

 

Over time

Childhood was about moving from pillar to post

No time to settle

Experiences were turbulent and chaotic 

Arguments to divorce 

Relationships come and go

Mum and Dad in two separate houses 

Led me to question

Where do i belong?

 

Experiences of growth

From childhood to the age of discovery 

Sensing the changes of the body and puberty 

I remember knowing I don't belong to the straight normative narrative

This story isn't mine 

I was questioning 

Where do I belong? 

 

Time passed

Age and experience marked me with grey of the silver fox

Experiences of expression 

Healing of silence 

Acceptance of my queer heart 

Led me to knowing 

Where I am

True in heart 

Is where I belong