belong (for av) at last to find a place where i belong i moved through landscapes dark with mist and rain where too much of the world brought only pain and somehow what seemed caring warped : too wrong 'cross hill and valley such things echoed, long mistaken for truth, though none could explain how such distorted landscapes e'er contain the inner wisdom i'd known all along though outward shadows darkened outward lands though shelter all was prior cloaked in shade in finding freedom born of my own hands what sheltered me was by these acts remade my newfound freedom now endures and stands when inner balance now is full displayed ~ when inner balance now is full displayed with every ache transformed by new intent the path i walk has thus been upward bent all prior fears and doubts have been allayed my evolution had been but delayed this courage newly marked with full assent the upward spiral of my soul's ascent now offering to sky a serenade past all the trial and tribulation sent each journey through my days now turns to song this joyful noise that freely i invent with voice now honored full, both clear and strong : for all the effort of the past was spent at last to find a place where i belong rjh 24may2026 ~ content and style inspired by Artanne, "World Music" https://suno.com/playlist/a56a530f-6796-46f0-a9a2-40073a0f7ef7 illustration by chat-gpt 5.5
