been nomadic since a teen
relocating often, few places I ain’t been
content in my tiny home
found my spot, no need to roam
a community of eccentrics
they’ll amuse with their tricks
friendly folk I have found
gonna settle I’m inbound
enough challenges n support
in this motley cohort
putting down roots
hanging up my roamin boots
uprooting my nomadic pattern …
Well that is something you have dreamed in recent times, and so in one sense it is no surprise, but in another it is, because you are so seasoned in roaming, it seems unlikely, yet the moment has arrived. Must be a host of feelings around this.
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It’s interesting to think that some people who have firmly planted roots yearn to see so much more of the world, while others who have explored this world yearn for roots. I’m happy to hear that you have found your ‘spot’. I hope it brings you peace, happiness, and all the joys that come from finding your special place. 🙂
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lol I doubt I’d still be here if I depended on a physical space for that QG, all that comes from within but never had a home base all these years … most travellers have a parent or friend that can rely on 🙂
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glad you are feeling the comfort and welcome of the community. i wonder is it the place that gives us that feeling or the people, or there’s a combination of both? i am an introvert, I need solitude to recharge, are the people in close proximity?
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beautiful poem. Nice that you are settled. Your poem made me think, that even if we are settled in a place and home, in one spot, how settled is our mind? is our mind a nomad though we are physically settled?
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lol very insightful questions … I believe I’ve adapted easier with so many physical relocations because my mind has been settled … peace of mind can help us cope with most things 🙂
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This is so you Kate.This poem brings the feeling of contentment you have found in your new spot.
You are such an interesting person.God knows if we ever get to meet.
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Sounds like a perfect spot. Often we need that place that we can call home and be anchored it.
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These two lines say it all Kate…. Enjoy
“putting down roots
hanging up my roamin boots”
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This made me smile SO BIG! 🙂
It’s grand to know when the time is right AND to have found THE place to do so! I’m so happy for you, Kate!!! 🙂 Congrats! 🙂
May your roots be strong and grow deep, with plenty of water to nourish!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Good to know that, Kate. Congratulations and it is so nice to be happy and joyous wherever you are.
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I’m so happy you are feeling settled there!!
Love light and glitter
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Felt so beautiful to read 🙂 and I felt so happy.
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I think as we grow older, we feel the need for home base. Maybe your nomadic soul needs to rest awhile. 🙂
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I agree with Irma that this could be a potential song with the beautiful rhyming pattern and when i read it out loud its really music to my ear Kate..
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Isn’t it nice to have somewhere where your soul is free, unencumbered by pretense and posturing? The world may be a stage, as Will pointed out all those years ago, but “home” is where you can step out of role, and luxuriate in the freedom.
Congratulations on finding your “happy place,” Kate! Some never do, or at least don’t allow themselves to appreciate it.
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This reads like a “country song”! I can hear the longing in your words – putting down roots but deep down inside you’re still a beautiful free rolling stone! 😉
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I used to like wandering and exploring. Now I just don’t care. I am an alien in new worlds.
I like to read, walk around the pond and take pictures, pet my cats and enjoy being strong on medicine. I like to write sometimes. It depends on my cognition and if I can fight apathy.
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May you find joy as you set down roots, sharing all you have learned from your travels. You have much to teach others, for those with wanderlust in their souls have stories to tell…and stories to share. May you share the stories and may the wings that carried you abide with you still; may you find that roots and wings have much in common…places to roam and places to come home to. For it is not the place so much that matters, but a contentment of the heart…
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heart found it’s place ages ago, meditation is my medication! Once I’ve settled, maybe a year, then I can return to Asia to teach again .. if I should live so long!
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I definitely relate to this, as I feel I am a restless spirit. Someday, it would be nice to put down some strong roots 🙂
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There are time when a person wants to develop roots!
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