Here is the first half of the poem Greg Macdougall wrote for Cosmophilia: You Belong Here. You can read it in its entirety on the Cosmophilia website, where all the featured articles are open to all readers. If you’re curious about the audio and written readings Eric created for all 12 zodiac signs for Cosmophilia, you can buy them individually here, and get a deeper sense of how fully your life fits into this year’s astrology. — Amanda P.
by Greg Macdougall
Photo by Danielle Voirin
disassociation
when you feel that you don’t belong
don’t want to belong in what’s going on
leave this world, find other reality
literally or ‘just’ in your mind
and then you’re different
because you know different
than them
‘them’ is when you don’t belong
when the enforced normalcy of normal
doesn’t belong on you, to you,
anywhere near you
you’ve known different-ly
feelings that really connect
with leverage points of the soul
spirit imbued with life
and the consensus don’t fit
fit you into their place
is what they know to do
their place is the place they have for you
because that’s what they fit in to
From a lifelong outlier, thank-you, Greg, for articulating this so well.
hi Bette, glad it connected with you / your experience. I found it helped me too, to articulate it in this way.
Truly beautiful and inspiring.
Thanks Lizzy!